Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 129:7:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
βit cannot fill the hands of its cutter
or the hands of those tying bundles.β (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation) - Newari:
βNo one will be able to gather them,
or find them, tie them up and take them away.β (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon:
βNo one gathers this grass or brings this bundled-up.β (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation) - Laarim:
βthe hands of people who cut the grass would not be full,
or the hands of people who gather be full.β (Source: Laarim Back Translation) - Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
βhayajai hata katika mkono wa mvunaji,
na ambaye anafunga miganda hayamtoshi.β (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation) - English:
βas a result no one cuts it and puts it in bundles and carries it away.β (Source: Translation for Translators)
