Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 24:17:
- Kupsabiny: “I am seeing a man and it is not here.
I see in the distance and it is not near.
A man shall appear from the house of Jacob
and he shall become the king of Israel.
He shall destroy the people of Moab
and finish all the people of Seth.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “I will see him, but not now in this way.
I will see him, but not close up.
A star will rise from Jacob,
a scepter will come out of Israel.
He will shatter the heads of Moab.
[He] will destroy the descendants of Sheth.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “‘I saw (something) in my vision which has- not -happened yet. In the future days, someone will-reign in Israel who comes from a descendant of Jacob. He will-destroy the Moabnon and all the descendants of Sheth.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The things that I see in the vision are not going to happen bd +w now see things that God will cause to happen in the future.
A man who is a descendant of Jacob will appear like a star ;
a king who holds a scepter will be one of the Israeli people.
He will crush the heads of you people of Moab;
he will wipe out the descendants of Seth.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
