Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 20:4:

• Kupsabiny: “Did you bring us the people of God here to this wilderness so that we and our animals could die?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Now we are going to die with our cattle. Why have you brought the LORD’s community into this wilderness?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Why did you (sing.) brought us (excl.) the community of the LORD here in the desert so-that we (excl.) and our (excl.) animals will- just -die?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Did you bring us, who are Yahweh’s people, into this desert to die along with our livestock?/You brought us, who are Yahweh’s people, into this desert to die along with our livestock!” (Source: Translation for Translators)