Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 22:16:
- Kupsabiny: “Then the father of the woman will say to the elders of the council, ‘I gave my daughter to this man to marry her, but he has refused.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then that girl child’s father must speak like this to the elders, "I gave my daughter to this man but he did not like her.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Then the father of the woman will-say to the ones-who-rule-over, ‘I have-caused- my daughter -to-be-married to this man and now he is angry with my child.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then the father of the young woman must say to the elders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man to be his wife. But now he says that he doesn’t want her any more.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
