Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 28:23:

• Kupsabiny: “Heaven /sky shall become dry/hard with no rain and the soil shall become dry as metal.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The sky above your heads will be like brass and your fields like iron.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The heaven will-become seems-like bronze that (it) will- no-longer -give rain and the ground will-harden like iron.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “There will be no rain , with the result that the ground will be as hard as iron.” (Source: Translation for Translators)