Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Samuel 8:4:

• Kupsabiny: “David took/captured one thousand chariots/carts of horses of Hadadezer and seven thousand of his people who went/rode on horses. He also caught twenty thousand people who went on legs/walking (foot soldiers). (He/They) cut the Achilles tendons of all the other horses which were pulling the chariots, but he remained with enough to pull the chariots/carts.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “David captured 1700 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers. Except for 100 horses, David crippled all the horses that pulled Hadadezer’s chariots.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “David and company took-by-force his 1,000 chariots, 7,000 charioteers, and 20,000 soldiers. David and company hamstrung the horses that were-pulling the chariots except the 100 that they left for them to-use.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “David’s army captured 1,700 of Hadadezer’s soldiers who rode on horses, and 20,000 of his other soldiers. They also crippled/hamstrung most of the horses that pulled the chariots, but they left/spared enough horses to pull 100 chariots.” (Source: Translation for Translators)