Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 24:24:
- Kupsabiny: “People will come from Cyprus in ships.
Those people shall defeat the people of Assyria and those of Eber,
but they, too, shall be destroyed.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “Ships will come from the shores of Kittim,
they will attack Assyria and Eber,
but they will also disappear."” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “Ships will-arrive from Kittim and they will-bring-under-jurisdiction the people-groups of Asiria and of Eber, but Kittim will- also -be-destroyed.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Ships will come from Cyprus Island,
and the men in those ships will defeat the armies of Assyria and Eber.
But God will get rid of those men, too.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
