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

• Kupsabiny: “You may cut down only trees that you know that they cannot be eaten. Those you may use when you are fighting the city of those people until you defeat (them).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “As long as you have not conquered the city it is OK to chop down trees that are not fruit trees and use them for the work of doing the siege.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But you (plur.) can cut-down the trees whose fruit is not good to eat, and you (plur.) use them in your (plur.) sieging the town until you (plur.) can take- it -by-force.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “You are permitted to cut down the other trees and use the wood to make ladders and towers to enable you to go over the walls and capture the city.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)