Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 7:28:
- Uma: “The woman said: ‘Indeed true, Lord. But even the dogs under the table, they usually eat the children’s food that scatters from the top of the table.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘That is true, Sir,’ said the woman. ‘But even the dogs under the table eat what is dropped by the children.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The woman spoke, she said, ‘That’s true, but the dogs can lick up the crumbs which are fallen from the food of the children.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘That’s admittedly so, Sir,’ said the woman, ‘but even the dogs, they eat the scraps-of-food that fall when the children are eating.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “‘That’s true, Lord,’ was the reply of that woman. ‘But isn’t it so that the dogs under the table eat the crumbs which fall when the children eat?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Mopán Maya: “She said to him, That is right, teacher. But me, I am like a little dog and the people of Israel are like a little child. When the child is eating, the crumbs fall and the little dog picks them up. Therefore help me a little bit.” (Source: B. Moore / G. Turner in Notes on Translation 1967, p. 1ff.)
