complete verse (1 Chronicles 11:23)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Chronicles 11:23:

  • Kupsabiny: “There was also a time when Benaiah killed a very tall Egyptian. He had a height of seven feet. His spear had a shaft like a beam. When that person was holding that spear in his hand, Benaiah attacked him with a stick and pulled the spear from him, and then he killed him with that spear of his so he perished.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “He also killed an Egyptian who was two and a half meters tall. That Egyptian had a very long spear in his hand. Benaiah, taking a long stick in his hand, attacked him. He snatched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand. Then he killed him with it.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “At one more time, he killed an Egyptian whose height was seven and a half feet. The weapon of the Egyptian was a spear which was heavy and thick, but his weapon was only something-to-hit-with. He snatched the spear of the Egyptian and this was the what- he -used-to-kill him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “He also killed a soldier from Egypt who was 7-1/2 feet/2.3 meters tall. The soldier from Egypt carried a spear that was as long as a weaver’s rod. Benaiah had only a club, but he grabbed the other man’s spear and killed him with it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)