complete verse (Numbers 21:24)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 21:24:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then the Israelites killed many of those enemies in that war and they took over that country from the river of Arnon to the river of Jabbok. They ended/stopped at the border of the Ammonites because that border was heavily guarded.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “But the Israelites slaughtered him with the sword and conquered their land from the Arnon river to the Jabbok river. [They] conquered [it] only up to the border of the Ammonites, because their border was strong.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But the Israelinhon killed them, and they took-over their land from Arnon going-towards the River Jabbok. But they were only up to the border of the land of the Ammonhon, because their border was- firmly -stone-wall.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But the Israelis completely defeated them and occupied their land, from the Arnon River in the south to the Jabbok River in the north. They stopped at the border of the land where the Ammon people-group lived, because the Ammon army was defending the border strongly.” (Source: Translation for Translators)