Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 5:21:
- Kupsabiny: “Do (sing.) not desire/admire somebody’s wife, house, field, slaves, cows, donkeys or anything else that belong to him.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Do not covet your neighbor’s wife! Do not covet [Lit.: cause your eye to go to] your neighbor’s house and land! Do not covet your neighbor’s servant [or] maidservant, ox [or] donkey, or anything else!” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘ ‘You (plur.) shall- not -be-attracted/craved to the wife of your (plur.) fellowman, or of his house, land, slaves, cows or donkeys, or whatever there is with him.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Do not covet/desire to have someone else’s wife, someone else’s house, someone else’s fields, someone else’s male slave or female slave, someone else’s livestock, someone else’s donkeys, or anything else that another person owns.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
