complete verse (Deuteronomy 21:7)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 21:7:

  • Kupsabiny: “and say, ‘We have not spilled the blood of this person and we do not know the person who killed (him).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Then they must speak like this, "This person was not killed by our hands and the person who killed him is also not known.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then they will-say, ‘We (incl.) are not the one-who-killed and we (incl.) also have not seen who killed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “and they must say, ‘We did not murder this person , and we did not see who did it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)