Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezra 3:13:

• Kupsabiny: “There was no one able to know whether the noice/shouting was from happiness or crying, because the people shouted until it was heard from far.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “No one could distinguish between the sounds of joyful shouting and the sounds of weeping because the voices of the people were so loud and they could be heard from a great distance.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The shouting of joy and the shouting of cries could- not -be-distinguished because the noise of the people was so great, and this could-be-heard far-away.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “The shouting and the crying was very loud; even people far away could hear it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)