Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Samuel 20:16:

• Kupsabiny: “There was in that city a certain woman who was wise. That woman went up on top of the wall and shouted, ‘Listen, our people, please listen! Listen! Tell Joab to come here so that I can tell him a word.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Then a wise woman, standing on the outside wall called out loudly like this, "Listen! Listen! Tell Joab to come here [lit.: Tell Joab ‘Come here!’], I will talk with him."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Now, there was a wise woman inside the town who shouted to the men of Joab, ‘You (plur.) listen to me! You (plur.) tell Joab to come to me here for I want to talk to him.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then a wise woman who was in that town stood on the top of the wall and shouted down, ‘Listen to me! Tell Joab to come here, because I want to talk to him!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)