Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 10:10:
- Kupsabiny: “The ruler said, ‘Never, will I allow you (plur.) to go with your wives and children! Then only God might deliver/save you. It is clear that you want to be rebellious.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Pharaoh said, "May the Lord be with you! I will certainly not permit (emph.) children and women to go with you. I can see your evil plan.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The king said with an insult, ‘May-it-be that the LORD accompany/go-with you (plur.) if I let- you (plur.) -go and your (plur.) family! (It is) clear that your (plur.) intention is bad/evil for you (plur.) will-flee.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “But the great chief of the Isip people said, ‘You (pl.) certainly all can’t go. If your spouses and children go also, your Chief God must help you! For I say that they stay. I know, you (pl.) want to do badly to us (excl.).” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “And he mock them, said to them «When I will release you and children your you might go together, Yahweh he might be present with you!» And he also said to them «Truly you are deceiving me [eye]!” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “Moses/I really did not intend that the Israelis would ever return to Egypt, and the king knew that also. So the king replied sarcastically, ‘If you all leave, it will be clear that Yahweh has helped you, but I myself will never let you take your children and your wives when you go! It is clear that you are wickedly planning not to return.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
