complete verse (1 Samuel 4:6)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Samuel 4:6:

  • Kupsabiny: “When the Philistines heard how it was being shouted, they asked themselves/one another that, ‘Why are the Hebrews shouting?’ When the Philistines realized that the Israelites had come with the Box of the Covenant of God into the camp,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The Philistines also heard that sound and they said, "Why have the Hebrews started to cry out in the tent with a loud sound like this?"
    Then they learned that the ark of the LORD’s covenant had arrived at the tents of the Hebrews.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “When the Filistinhon heard the shouting of the Israelinhon, they asked, ‘Why are- the Hebrews -shouting in their camp?’
    When they learned that the Box of the LORD had-arrived/come to the camp of the Israelinhon,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The Philistines asked, ‘What are the people in the Hebrew camp shouting about?’ Someone told them that they were shouting because the chest that contained the Ten Commandments of Yahweh had been brought to them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)