Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 8:25:
- Kupsabiny: “God, I am requesting you to bring to fulfilment the second thing that you promised my father. You said to him, ‘If your grandchildren maintain the way you are living and trust in me fully as you have been doing, the rulership of your family in Israel shall take root forever.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Now, O LORD, God of Israel! Fulfill this promise also, that you gave to my father David, ‘If, like you, your descendants also obey my commands, there will always be a man from your family to sit on the throne of Israel.’ ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “And now, LORD, God of Israel, fulfill indeed what you had-promised to your servant David my father when you said to him, ‘You will- not -lost descendant that will-succeed you as king of Israel if only your descendants are careful to follow me, like what you have-done.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “So now, Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis belong to/worship, please do the things that you promised my father that you would do. You told him that there would always be some of his descendants who would rule Israel, if they would conduct their lives as he did.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
