Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 4:16:
- Kupsabiny: “The knowledge/wisdom of people shall be removed from that person and be given that of animals for him to stay like that for seven years.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “For seven periods may his mind be changed
into the mind of an animal.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “For a period/[lit. inside] of seven years he will-lose his human mind, and his mind will-be-like that of an animal.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “That tree seems to have represented a man, because the angel also said, ‘Cause that man to live out in the fields among the animals and plants. Cause the dew from the sky to make his body damp each morning. Do not allow him to continue to have a mind like humans; instead, cause him to have a mind like animals have, for seven years.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
