Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezra 7:7:
- Kupsabiny: “In the seventh year when Artaxerxes was ruling, Ezra led other Israelites together with the priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers and the people of work in the House of God leaving Babylon.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “In the 7th year of King Artaxerxes, a group of Israelites came from Babylon to Jerusalem. Included in that group were Priests, Levites, singers in the temple and temple guards and servants of the temple.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “There were some Israelinhon who also joined him when he returned to Jerusalem in the seventh year of the reign of Artaserkses. Included among those who joined were the priests, Levites, singers, guards at the gate/entrance of the temple, and servants in the temple.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Some of the priests, some other descendants of Levi, some singers, some gatekeepers/men who guarded the gates of the temple, and some men who worked in the temple, and some other Israeli people came up with me here to Jerusalem. That was during the seventh year that Artaxerxes was the king of Persia.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
