Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 1:21:
- Kupsabiny: “Because these midwives/women obeyed God, God answered them well and made them to have children. The Israelites continued to increase so much until they became a people of strength in the land.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Because the midwives feared God, He also gave them offspring.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “And because the midwives honored/respected God, God gave them their own families.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “Therefore God did well to those two women, and so he made the two of them to give birth to their own children also, because they feared God. And the Israel people bore many and became a strong tribe.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “Because women those two feared God, he blessed them they birthed children.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “Furthermore, because the midwives feared/revered God, he enabled them also to give birth to children.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
