Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 24:13:
- Kupsabiny: “even if you gave me the gold and silver which fills your home, I am unable to go beyond the word of my God and to do anything whether bad og good? Did I not tell you that what God is telling me is only what I shall be saying?’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “’Even if Balak gave me his royal palace filled with silver and gold, by rejecting the commands of the LORD, I will become unable to do anything, whether good or bad. What the LORD says, that only will I be able to say.’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “that even if you (sing.) will-give to me your (sing.) palace fill with silver and gold, I can- not -do my will, either bad/evil or good. Except what the LORD says to me which I would-say, is what I would-say only.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘Even if Balak would give me a palace filled with silver and gold, I would not disobey Yahweh. I cannot do anything bad or anything that is good that he does not approve of.’ And I told you that I could say only what Yahweh says to me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
