Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Nehemiah 9:35:
- Kupsabiny: “You gave them a large and fat/fertile land because of your goodness, but they refused to turn back from their evil.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Even though they have their own kingdom, and experience your (sing.) great goodness, and even though you (sing.) have-given them wide and productive land, they still did- not -serve you (sing.) and did- not -turn-away from their bad ways.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Good was the way-of-life that you (sing.) caused- them -to-experience in the wide land that they ruled-over with vigorously-growing plants. But even though that was so, they did not turn-their-backs-on their evil behavior so-that they would serve you (sing.).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Even when they had their own kings, and they enjoyed the good things that you did for them in this large and fertile land that you gave to them, they did not serve you. They refused to quit doing what was evil.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
