Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 4:11:

• Kupsabiny: “Those people came and stood at the foot of that mountain. A fire was burning on that mountain going up and darkness and a very thick cloud covered it.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “At that time fire was burning on the mountain, flaring up to the sky. Thick clouds were coming and while it became very dark, you came and stood below the mountain.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Then you (plur.) came-near and stood at the foot of the mountain while the mountain is blazing which the fire of it as-if-like reaching the heaven, and this was-engulfed/enwrapped with a very thick dark-cloud.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Tell them that your ancestors came near the bottom of the mountain, while the mountain burned with a fire that went up to the sky, and the mountain was covered with dark clouds and black smoke.” (Source: Translation for Translators)