Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 4:7:
- Kupsabiny: “When those people had come, I told them these dreams but they were not able to show me what these dreams meant.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “When the magicians, enchanters [lit.: omen seekers], astrologers, and diviners [lit.: auspicious time seekers] had come, I told them my dream, but they were not able to tell [me] its meaning.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “When- the magicians, enchanters, astrologers and diviners -came, I told them my dream, but they could- not -explain to me its meaning.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “All the men who worked magic, the fortune-tellers, the men who worked sorcery, and men who studied the stars came to me. I told them what I had dreamed, but they could not tell me what it meant.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
