Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Samuel 24:6:
- Kupsabiny: “David told his people that, ‘God does not like what I have done to my master the one whom he anointed. I should not do bad/evil towards a person whom God anointed to become king. ’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then he said to his men, May the LORD save [him] for he is the LORD’s anointed man. May I not have to do him any harm."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He said to his men, ‘May-it-be that the LORD not allow that I do a bad-thing to my master, the one chosen of the LORD to-reign.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “He said to his men, ‘I should not have done that to the king! I hope/desire that Yahweh will never allow me to attack the one whom God has appointed, because Yahweh is the one who chose him to be the king.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
