Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 90:3:
- Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
“You return people to dust,
you say, ‘Return to dust you child of a human.’” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation) - Newari:
“You turn people back into dust again.
And say, "O human offspring, go back!"” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon:
“You (sing.) (are) the-one-who determines the death of a person;
you (sing.) return him to the ground which is where- he -came-from.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation) - Laarim:
“You change people to be dust again,
and you said that, ‘Children of people, go back and become dust.’” (Source: Laarim Back Translation) - Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
“Unamrudisha mtu katika vumbi,
unasema, ‘Enyi watu, rudini katika vumbi!’” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation) - English:
“When people die, you cause their corpses to become soil again;
you change their corpses to become dirt like the first man was created from.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
