Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 23:12:

• Kupsabiny: “Balaam answered, ‘How could I really do something that God has not told me (to do)?’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “He replied, "I have to proclaim just what the LORD puts in my mouth, do I not?"” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Balaam replied, ‘I must say what the LORD is-causing- me -to-say.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But Balaam replied, ‘I can say only what Yahweh tells me to say. I cannot say anything else.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)