Following are a number of back-translations of 1 Corinthians 15:38:

• Uma: “After it is planted, God causes it to live/grow according to his desire, until a stalk of rice appears or whatever it is, every kind of seed grows each according to its own appearance.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Then God, he has foreordained as to what the shape of the plant that will come out of that seed will be like. From all the kinds of seed, plants of different shapes will sprout.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And God has established beforehand the shape which each seed will have which is planted. Every seed has it’s shape which it will have when it is already sprouted.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Because God originally decided the likeness of the plant that would sprout from the seed, and he causes-all kinds of seeds -to-grow so that each one will have the appropriate leaves and stem/trunk.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “But, as for each seed, God gives-each one -as-its-body the stalk it will become, according to what he has determined.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Concerning each seed when it is planted, God causes each to have the form he wants it to have.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)