complete verse (2 Samuel 21:9)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Samuel 21:9:

  • Kupsabiny: “They were killed and impaled/nailed/hung at the hill of God when it was the first days of harvesting of barley. Those seven people died in one/the same place.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “David handed them over into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they killed them and hung their bodies on the mountain before the LORD. The seven of them went down together. They were killed on the first days of barley harvest.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “David handed- them -over to the Gibeonhon, and seven of them were-killed there on the mountain near the place where the LORD is-being-worshipped. And their corpse were- just -left- there -unattended. This happened at the beginning of the time of the barley harvest-time.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “David handed those men over to the men from Gibeon. Then they hanged those seven men on a hill where they worshiped Yahweh. They were all killed during the time of the year that the people started to harvest the barley.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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