Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Judges 7:2:
- Kupsabiny: “Then, God said to Gideon, ‘These people that you have are very many so that I cannot make you defeat the Midianites. The people of Israel may boast saying, ‘We ourselves/alone fought our battle in order to free ourselves.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The LORD said to Gideon — "There are [too] many men with you for me to give the Midianites into their hand. I will not give the Midianites into their hand. Otherwise the Israelites will boast against me that it was by their own strength that they won the battle.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The LORD said to Gideon, ‘You (sing.) have many companions. They might think that they have-won-over the Midianhon by their own ability/capability and not because of me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Yahweh said to Gideon, ‘You have too many soldiers with you. If I allow all of you to fight the army of Midian, if your army defeats them, they will boast to me that they defeated their enemies by themselves, without my help.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
