Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Samuel 10:4:
- Kupsabiny: “Then Hanun told his people to get hold of those people whom David had sent and half of their beard was shaved off. (They) tore their clothes dividing (them) in the middle to the hips in which their private parts were exposed and chased them!” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “So Hanun seized David’s men and shaved their beards in half. Then he cut their clothes off at mid-thigh and sent them off.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “So Hanun had-captured the men of David and he caused-to-shave-off half/[lit. other side] of their beard. He have- also -cut-off their garments from hips going-down and sent- them -home.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Hanun believed what they said; so he commanded some soldiers to seize David’s officials and insult them by shaving off one side of each man’s beard, and by cutting off the lower part of their robes, with the result that their buttocks could be seen, and then they sent them away.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
