Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 14:36:
- Kupsabiny: “Then, God sent a plague so those people Moses has sent to check out the country died, because they had brought bad news about that country and they had made the people grumble against God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The men whom Moses sent to explore the land, [had] came, [had] given a bad report, [and had] caused the whole community to complain against Moses.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The people whom Moises commanded to spy, who told/spread the bad news concerning the land which became the reason of the complaining of the Israelinhon, had-died in sickness in the presence of the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then the ten men who had explored Canaan and who had urged the people to rebel against Yahweh by giving reports that discouraged the people” (Source: Translation for Translators)
