Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Samuel 15:7:
- Kupsabiny: “When four years had passed, Absalom told the king that, ‘Father, let me go to Hebron to go and do for God what I had vowed.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “In the last month of the fourth year, Absalom said to king David, "Please let me go to Hebron to fulfill a vow I made to offer a sacrifice to the LORD.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “After- four years -had-passed, Absalom said to the king, ‘Allow me to go to Hebron to fulfill what- I -had-promised the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Four years later, Absalom went to the king and said, ‘Please allow me to go to Hebron city, in order that I can do what I promised Yahweh that I would do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
