Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 20:17:

• Kupsabiny: “Even though that was so, I had mercy on them so that I did not destroy them completely there in the desert.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “‘But even with these-[things]- they -did, I still pitied them, and I did- not -destroy them completely there in the desolate-place.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But, I still pitied them and did not get rid of all of them in the desert.” (Source: Translation for Translators)