complete verse (1 Samuel 23:13)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Samuel 23:13:

  • Kupsabiny: “So, David with his people left the city of Keilah. Those people were amounting to about six hundred. They roamed from one place to another, but soon Saul got word that David had fled from the city of Keilah. At that time, Saul did not go to that city.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “So David and his 600 men left Keila, and they kept-moving from place (to place). When Saul heard-the-news that David fled from Keila, he did- not -go there anymore.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “So David and his 600 men left Keilah. They continued to move from one place to another, wherever they thought that Saul would not find them. And when Saul found out that David had escaped from Keilah, he did not go there.” (Source: Translation for Translators)