Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:6:
- Uma: “When the sun got hot, it wilted till it was dry, because its roots were not deep.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “When the sun was shining, immediately (the plants) drooped and because the roots were not deep, they withered.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “However when the sun shone, the plant quickly dried up because what its roots had penetrated was very shallow only.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But when the sun became-high, they wilted and withered, because their roots were lacking.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But when the heat became scorching, they shrivelled, because there was nowhere they’d been able to put their roots down deep.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The roots did not go deep into the earth. When the sun came up, it burned the seeds which had sprouted.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
