Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 25:47:
- Kupsabiny: “A person of Israel may become so poor that he sells his life to a person who is a foreigner who is wealthy.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “’Suppose it happens that a person who came from outside to live in your place becomes rich, and brothers who live in your land, having become poor, if they sell themselves into his hand, ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “If a poor Israelite sells himself/[his own self] as a slave to a rich foreigner who is-living among you (plur.) or to the blood-relative of that foreigner,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘If a foreigner who is living among you becomes rich, and if one of your fellow Israelis becomes poor and sells himself to that foreigner or to a member of his clan/family,” (Source: Translation for Translators)
