Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joshua 23:2:
- Kupsabiny: “Then one day, Joshua called the elders, leaders, judges/advisers, and other important people and said to (them), ‘My friends, I have become old.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Calling all the Israelites, their elders, leaders, judges and officials, [he] said, "Now I have become a very old man.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “so he had- all the Israelinhon -called-together, including the ones-who-rule, leaders/[lit. heads], ones-who-judge, and officials. He said to them, ‘I (am) now very old.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Joshua was now very old. One day he summoned the leaders of the tribes of Israel, the leaders of the clans, the judges, and other officials. He said to them, ‘I am now very old.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
