Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 14:2:
- Kupsabiny: “They quarreled with Moses and Aaron saying, ‘It would have been better for us to die in Egypt instead of coming to die here in this wilderness.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “All the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron. whole community said them, "It would have been good if we had died in Egypt or in this wilderness.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The complained to Moises and to Aaron. They said, ‘It is better we (incl.) have- just -died in Egipto or here in the desert.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The next day they all complained to Aaron and Moses/me. All the men said, ‘We wish that we had died in Egypt, or in this desert!” (Source: Translation for Translators)
