Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 4:3:
- Uma: “His/Its appearance sparkled like the gem [lit., eye of a ring] called yaspis stone and sardis stone. There was a rainbow around that Seat, like a zamrud stone its appearance.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “His face shone like the valuable precious-stone called jasper and a red precious-stone. Surrounding that throne there was a rainbow, its appearance was like a green precious-stone.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “and there was someone sitting there. His appearance flashed, and it was like the expensive stones jasper and carnelian. And around that seat there was a green rainbow which was very bright because it was like the precious stone emerald.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The appearance of the seated-one, it was dazzling like the valuable stones called haspe and karnelia. There was also a rainbow whose color was green like the stone called esmeralda arched-over the throne.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “That one sitting really glowed like the glowing of far-from-ordinary mined stones called haspe and kornalina. All around that seat, there was a rainbow which glowed brightly like the glowing of what is called esmeralda.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The one I saw sitting there, I saw that he shone like the brilliant stone of jasper shines, accompanied with the color of red of carnelian. There where he sat, there was a light in a circle, it was all green.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
