Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 2:3:

• Kupsabiny: “And when she saw that she could not hide him any longer, she plaited something like a basket. She plaited that thing from reeds and after she got tar/bee-wax and smeared that basket so that water may not leak into it. And after that, she laid that boy in that basket and placed it where reeds grew by the river bank.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “But after three months she could not hide him any longer. Then she made a reed basket to put the baby in. She coated it with tar so that no water would come inside. Then she put the child in basket and put the basket among the tall grass along the bank of the Nile.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But when she could- no-longer -hide the child, she got/took a basket which was-made from a papyrus plant and she painted this with tar. Then she put- the baby -inside this basket and put the basket among the reeds at the edge of the Nile/[Nilo] River.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Bariai: “But the three months were finished and so it wasn’t possible to hide the child any more. Therefore she took a coiled basket and rubbed sap/caulk onto it to stop up its holes. And then she placed the child into the basket’s interior and then hid that basket amongst the wild cane, at the edge of the big river Nail.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
• Opo: “When she not child be able with to hide, she carried basket which they made with bullrush, painted it with oil black which be sticky. She put child within it, carried it edge of bank, put it belly of water inside of reeds.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
• English: “When she was unable to hide him/me/keep it a secret any longer, she got a basket made from tall reeds. She covered the basket with tar to make it waterproof/so water could not get in. Then she put him/me in the basket and put the basket in the water in the middle of the tall grass at the edge of the Nile River.” (Source: Translation for Translators)