Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 3:2:

• Kupsabiny: “So, I went to buy that woman with fifteen pieces of silver and three bags of barley.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “So I bought that woman back for fifteen shekels of silver and a hundred and fifty kilogram of barley.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “So I bought her for the amount of 15 pieces of silver and four sacks of barley.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “And-so I redeemed my spouse with ten and five silver-coins and seven gantas (one ganta = three liters) of barley.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “My wife had become a slave, but I bought her for 6 ounces/179 grams of silver and ten bushels of barley.” (Source: Translation for Translators)