Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Samuel 17:5:
- Kupsabiny: “He had a hat made from bronze and he had put on his chest a metal made from bronze. That thing was weighing fifty seven kilos. Those things were what he protected himself with in battle.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “He was wearing a bronze cap on his head and had put on a sixty-kilogram bronze coat.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “His helmet (was) bronze, and his shield/defensive-armor on the chest (was) also bronze weighing about 57 kilograms.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “He wore a helmet made of bronze to protect his head, and he wore a coat made of metal plates to protect his body. The coat weighed 125 pounds/56 kg..” (Source: Translation for Translators)
