Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezra 8:29:
- Kupsabiny: “Keep (them) well until you weigh (them) in the rooms/houses that are in/at the House of God in Jerusalem in front of the leaders of the priests and the Levites and the leaders of the families/clans of Israel.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “So, protect them all until you hand them over [lit.: give them], weighing them before the chief priests, Levites and leaders of the Israelites in the room of the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) take-good-care of them well until you (plur.) can-bring them to the storehouses of the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem without lacking, before/[lit. in front of] the leading priests, Levites, and the leaders/[lit. heads] of the families of the Israelinhon.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “So guard them carefully, and when we arrive in Jerusalem, weigh them in the presence of the priests, the descendants of Levi who will help the priests, and the other Israeli leaders there. They will then put them in the storerooms in the new temple.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
