complete verse (Deuteronomy 21:1)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 21:1:

  • Kupsabiny: “If a body is found in the forest, in that land which God shall give to you, and the person who killed that person is not known,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “If in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, some person who has been killed is seen lying in a meadow and as for who killed him, that is not known,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘For-example there is a corpse of the man found in the land that the LORD your (plur.) God is giving you (plur.) to possess, and (it is) not known who killed him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘Suppose someone has been murdered in a field in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, and you do not know who killed that person.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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