Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Chronicles 27:24:
- Kupsabiny: “Joab started to count but did not finish the counting. God became angry with the people of Israel over this matter. So, the number of those people were never recorded in the book of the deeds of king David.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Joab son of Zeruiah began the work of counting the number of people, but he did not finish the work. God punished Israel because of this number counting work. So the number of people was never written in the history [records] of king David.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Joab the son of Zeruya started the census of the people but he was- not -able-to-finish it because God was angry at this census. So the whole lists of the numbers of the Israelinhon were- not -recorded in the list of King David.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Joab and his helpers started to count the men of Israel, but they did not finish counting them because Joab knew that Yahweh was angry about their being counted. Yahweh punished the people of Israel because of this counting, and as a result the total number of Israeli men able to serve in the army was not written on the scroll about King David’s rule.
All of those officials were in charge of the things that belonged to King David.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
