Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 8:19:

• Kupsabiny: “Some people will tell you, ‘Go and ask for advice from sorcerers and (ancestral) spirits. One should always go to (a river) spirit, or (ancestral) spirit to get advice to/for the people who are alive.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “When people will tell you to get advice by going to fortunetellers who word like birds making noise. Shouldn’t people go to ask for advice having gone to the place of God? Why go to the place of those who have died to ask [for advice] for the living?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “If someone will-say to you (plur.) that you (plur.) ask for a message from the dead-ones by witchcrafts and spirits whispering, [you (plur.)] do- not -do that. Should you (plur.) not ask your (plur.) God? Why are- you (plur.) -asking from the dead-ones about the living-ones?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Some people may urge you(pl) to consult/go and talk with those who talk with the spirits of dead people or with those who say that they receive messages from those spirits. They whisper and mutter about what we should do in the future. But God is the one whom we should ask to guide us! It is ridiculous for people who are alive to request spirits of dead people to tell us what we should do!” (Source: Translation for Translators)