Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Samuel 24:17:

• Kupsabiny: “After that, Saul proceeded to tell David that, ‘Truly your stomach is white (good heart) surpassing mine because when I do to you bad things, you do to me good things.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “After that he said to David, "You have also been better than me, even though I dealt badly with you, you have dealt well with me.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “He yet said, ‘You (sing.) (are) more righteous (than) I. I have-treated you (sing.) badly, but you have-treated me well.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “He said, ‘You are a better man than I am. You have done something very good to me when I tried to do something very bad to you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)