Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 2:4:
- Kupsabiny: “When you do like that, it will come to pass what God promised me when he said, ‘If your grandchildren/descendants will follow the way you live and trust in me completely, the kingship of your family/house shall be handed down forever in Israel.’ ’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “If you do like this, the LORD will fulfill the promise that He gave to me, speaking like this, ‘If your descendants watch how they live, and follow me faithfully with all their heart and soul, there will always have a man on the throne of Israel in your family.’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “If you do this, the LORD will-fulfill what he had-promised me, that if my descendants live rightly and follow me faithfully in their whole life, surely there is always one from them who will-reign in Israel.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “If you continually do that, Yahweh will do what he promised me: He said, ‘If your descendants do what I tell them to do, and faithfully obey my commands with all their inner beings, they will always be the ones who will rule Israel.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
