Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezra 7:11:
- Kupsabiny: “King Artaxerxes had written a letter to Ezra. That letter said that:” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “To Ezra the priest and scribe, who knew the law and the commands which the LORD had given to Israel, King Atraxerxes gave a letter of authority, which was written like this –” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “This is the letter that King Artaserkses gave to Ezra the priest and teacher, who really knew well the commands and regulations which the LORD had-given to the ones from-Israel:” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “King Artaxerxes knew that I am a priest who knows the Jewish laws very well. He knew that for many years I had studied those laws and had taught all the rules and regulations of those laws to the Israeli people. So before I left Babylon to come to Jerusalem, he wrote a letter, and gave a copy to me. This is what he wrote:” (Source: Translation for Translators)
