Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Judges 8:16:

• Kupsabiny: “Then, Gideon caught the leaders of that city and went to punish them so that they could listen another time. He hit their bodies repeatedly with thorns and scratched them with thistles until they became very weak.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “He took the elders of the city and punished the men of Succoth by hitting them with thorns and pointed sticks.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Then Gideon took the rulers of Sucot and he taught them a lesson by whipping them with thorny bushes.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then Gideon’s men took the town leaders and whipped them with whips made from briers from the desert, to teach them that they deserved to be punished for not giving them any food.” (Source: Translation for Translators)