Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 9:25:
- Kupsabiny: “When I lay face down before God for those forty days as God wanted to destroy the people,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Because the LORD said He would destroy you, I remained, lying prostrate before the LORD for forty days and forty nights.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘That is why I felt-down-facing-the-ground that-time in the presence of the LORD for a period/[lit. inside] of 40 days and 40 nights because the LORD had-said that he would-destroy you (plur.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “So, as I said, I lay on the ground in Yahweh’s presence for 40 days and nights, because Yahweh had said that he would get rid of your ancestors.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
