Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Judges 21:16:
- Kupsabiny: “After that, the elders of all the people of Israel said, ‘Where can we find other women whom these remaining people from the house/family of Benjamin can marry, because the women of that clan are destroyed?’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “So the elders of the meeting said — "There are no women in the Benjaminite tribe. What shall we do to find brides for the remaining ones?"” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “So the rulers of the community of Israel talked-with-each-other. They said, ‘There is no one left/remaining Benjaminhon woman. What shall- we (incl.) -do so-that their remaining men can-marry?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The Israeli leaders said, ‘We have killed all the married women of the tribe of Benjamin. Where can we get women to be wives of the men who are still alive?” (Source: Translation for Translators)
