Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 2:6:

• Kupsabiny: “But if you tell what they mean, then I shall give you gifts and make you honored. So, please tell me those dreams and what they mean.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “If you tell [me] my dream and its meaning you will have gifts, rewards and great honor from me. So tell [me] my dream and its meaning."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But if you (plur.) indeed (can) guess my dream and (can) explain its meaning, I will- give- you (plur.) -gifts and give great/[lit. big] honor. Okay, you (plur.) guess now and then explain the meaning.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But if you tell me what I dreamed and what it means, I will reward you. I will give you wonderful gifts and greatly honor you. So tell me what I dreamed and what it means!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 2:7:

• Kupsabiny: “They said to that king that second time that, ‘Please, Sir/Big one, you tell us those dreams so we can show/explain to you what they mean/show.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Again they said, "O great king, if you tell your servants the dream, we will tell [you] its meaning."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “They replied to the king once-more, ‘Beloved King, just tell us (excl.) your (sing.) dream and we (excl.) will-explain to you (sing.) its meaning.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But again they said, ‘Tell us what you dreamed, and then we will tell you what it means.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 2:8:

• Kupsabiny: “The king replied to them, ‘I truly know that you are just trying to buy/waste time because you have long/already known what I have decided to do to you.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The king replied, "I certainly know that you are just delaying. For you have realized that I have decided the matter.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The king said, ‘I know that you (plur.) are- only -delaying the time for you (plur.) know that I will certainly[intensifier] do what I said to you (plur.),” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “The king replied, ‘I know that you are just trying to get more time, because you know that I will do to you what I said that I would do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 2:9:

• Kupsabiny: “I have already said that if you do not tell me these dreams then you deserve that I punish all of you the same way. So, you think you are telling me lies by changing statements with the hope that my decision would change. Tell me those dreams so I can know that you are able to tell me what they mean.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “If you do not tell me [my] dream there will be there will be one kind of punishment for all of you. Hoping that the situation would change you have been plotting to tell me lies. Now tell me that dream. then I will know that you will be able to tell me its meaning."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “that if you (plur.) in-fact/indeeddo- not -guess and explain my dream I will- surely -punish you (plur.) like what I had-said. You (plur.) have-conspired to lie to me for you (plur.) are-hoping that the situation will- still -change. You (plur.) try-to-guess now what is my dream so I will-believe that you (plur.) really know how-to-explain its meaning.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “If you do not tell me what I dreamed, you will be punished. I think that you have all agreed to tell me lies and other wicked things, because you hope that I will change my mind/what I am thinking. But tell me the dream, and then I will know that you can also tell me what it means.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 2:10:

• Kupsabiny: “These people replied, ‘Listen, your majesty, there is no one on earth who can do the way you want. And no other king in the whole world however great and powerful he is, has ever demanded from the herbalists, wise men or magicians such a great thing!” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The astrologers replied to the king, "There is no one on this earth, Oh Great King, who is able to tell the matter you have asked [lit.: said]. No king, however great or strong, has ever made such a request of a magician, an enchanter [lit.: omen seeker] or astrologer.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “They replied to the king, ‘Surely[intensifier] no person in the whole world can-do what you (sing.) are-asking. And no king, how powerful/great he is, who commands the magicians, enchanters, or astrologers to do that.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “The men who studied the stars replied, ‘There is no one on the earth who can do what you ask! There is no king, even a great and mighty king, who has ever asked his men who work magic or his fortune-tellers or men who study the stars to do something like that!” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 2:11:

• Kupsabiny: “What you are asking is too difficult, oh king. No person is able to show/reveal, except maybe it is the spirits who do not live with people who can reveal/show out those dreams.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “What the king asks is so difficult that only the gods can speak to such matters. Those gods do not live among men."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “What you (sing.) are-asking is too[intensifier] difficult, Beloved King/Your Majesty. Only the gods can-do that, but they do-not reside among the people.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “What you are asking us to do is impossible. Only the gods can tell you what you dreamed, and they do not live among us!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 2:12:

• Kupsabiny: “When the king heard that, he became very angry! Then he commanded that all the wise men in that country of Babylon be executed/destroyed.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “This made the king very angry and furious that he ordered that all the wise men of Babylon be killed.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Because of what- they -had-replied, the anger of the king was so fierce/severe. And he ordered to kill all the wise men in Babylon.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “The king was very angry when he heard that, so he commanded his soldiers that they execute all such wise men in Babylon.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 2:13:

• Kupsabiny: “So the decree/news was issued out that all the wise men should be killed. People were told to go and look for Daniel and his friends so that they could be killed.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Since it was like that, the order went out to kill all the wise men. [They] also sent to search to kill Daniel and his friends.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “When- the decree to kill all the wise men -came-out, Daniel and his friends were-sought-out in-order to-be-killed also.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “And because of what the king commanded, they sent some men to find me and my three friends, to execute us also.” (Source: Translation for Translators)