Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 23:18:
- Kupsabiny: “Balaam used proverbs that God had told him and said,
‘Get up and listen, please, Balak son of Zippor.
Listen to what I am saying.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “Then Balaam spoke this word,
"Oh Balak, get up and listen!
Oh son of Zippor, heed my words!” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “Balaam said, ‘Balak the child of Zippor, listen to me carefully.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then Balaam told him this message:
‘Balak, listen carefully;
hear what I have to say, you son of Zippor !” (Source: Translation for Translators)
