Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 9:9:

• Kupsabiny: “When I climbed the mountain to come and bring you those stones on which were written the covenant that God made with us, I stayed there for forty days without eating food or drinking water.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “I went up on the mountain to get the stone tablets of the covenant the LORD sealed with you. Then I stayed forty days and forty nights on that mountain. I neither ate bread nor drank water.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “When I went-up to the mountain to get the wide stones where the covenant of the LORD which he made with you (plur.) was-written, I stayed there for a period/(lit. inside) of 40 days and 40 night without eating and drinking.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “When I climbed the mountain to receive from him the stone tablets on which he had written the Ten Commandments that he was giving to them, I stayed there 40 days and nights, and during that time I did not eat or drink anything.” (Source: Translation for Translators)