Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 21:20:

• Kupsabiny: “And/But if someone hits his slave so he dies, he himself should be punished.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “If a man beats his mail servant or maiden servant to death, the man must be punished.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “‘If a man beats his slave, male or female, and this-one dies, he should be-punished.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Bariai: “‘If anyone whips his male or female laborer with a stick, and so that laborer dies on that day, you (pl.) must punish that laborer’s chief.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
• Opo: “If a chief will hit his slave with rod, male or woman, and slave die, let them bind him.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
• English: “If someone strikes his male or female slave with a stick, if the slave dies immediately/as a result , the one who struck him must be punished.” (Source: Translation for Translators)