complete verse (Deuteronomy 22:23)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 22:23:

  • Kupsabiny: “There may be a girl who has been promised in marriage, and then another man meets the girl in the city and they sleep together.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “If you see an engaged [lit.: marriage agreed upon] woman sleeping with another man, if this happens within a town” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘If a man had-sexual-intercourse with a woman who is about-to-be-married already, and this happened in a town,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘Suppose in some town a man sees a young woman who is engaged/promised to be married to another man, and he is caught having sex with her.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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