Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Amos 6:11:

• Kupsabiny: “Listen, God is saying a word,
  the big house will be destroyed/split open and fall down
  and also the small one will break to pieces.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The Lord has given his commands,
  He will smash the large houses into pieces
  and he will pulverize the little houses.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “In truth, if the LORD will- now indeed -command, he will-smash all the houses, either those small or big.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Terrible things like that will happen because Yahweh has commanded that large houses in Israel must be smashed into pieces,
  and small houses must be smashed into tiny bits.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Amos 6:12:

• Kupsabiny: “Do horses run on a rocky place that has been dug up?
  Does a person plough the ocean with oxen?
  Why have you turned truth/justice to become poison
  and overturned righteousness to be a bitter thing?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “What! do horses run on rocky cliffs?
  What! Does anyone plow there with oxen?
  But you turn justice into poison
  and make the fruit of righteousness bitter.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Can- horses -run on the rocky cliff? Can- a cow -plow in the sea? Of course not! But you (plur.) created/made justice to harm a man/person, and what (is) righteous you (plur.) turned into evil/bad.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Horses certainly do not run on big rocks,
  and certainly people do not plow the sea with oxen.
  But you have done things that no one should do:
  You have distorted what is fair/right and caused it to be considered like poison ;
  you have changed what is right and consider it to be like things that are bitter.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Amos 6:13:

• Kupsabiny: “You are happy for the city of Lo-debar that you have plundered
  and you are proud that you have plundered Karnaim in/with your strength.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “You boast about defeating the city of Lo Debar
  You boast, "we defeated the city of Karnem by our own strength.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) rejoice in your (plur.) victory against the towns o Lo Debar and Karnaim, and you (plur.)say, ‘We (excl.) defeated them through our (excl.) own strength.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “You are proud because you have captured Lo-Debar town,
  and you have said, ‘We captured Karnaim by our own power!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Amos 6:14:

• Kupsabiny: “But the God of authority is saying,
  ‘Please, stomach of Israel,
  I shall cause another community to attack you.
  They shall cause you to suffer starting from Lebo-hamath
  to the valley of Arabah.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The LORD God Almighty says, "Oh, House of Israel,
  I will rise up a nation against you
  and they will oppress you from Lebo Hamath
  as far as the valley of the Araba."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The truth-is the LORD God Almighty says, ‘You (plur.) people of Israel I will-cause- a nation -to-attack (you pl). They will-oppress you (plur.) and your (plur.) place will-be-under-jurisdiction from Lebo Hamat going to the place-where- water -flows of Araba.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But the Commander of the armies of angels declares,
  ‘I will cause another nation to attack you people of Israel;
  they will oppress you/cause you to suffer all the way from Hamath Pass in the northwest
  to the Dead Sea in the southeast.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Amos 7:1:

• Kupsabiny: “This is the message that God showed me. The first food/crop was ready for harvest and the king had received his share. Also the crop of the second planting has begun to grow. Then, I saw God sending a swarm of locusts.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “This is what the Sovereign LORD showed me in a vision – This is what I saw: After the king’s part of the crops had been harvested and when the new crop was sprouting, he created a swarm of locusts.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “This is what the Lord GOD showed to me: I saw that the LORD gathered so many locusts after the king had-been-given his share from the first produce/harvest and when the second produce/harvest was- now -about-to-start.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Yahweh our God showed me in a vision that he was going to send locusts to destroy our crops. It was going to happen right after the king’s share of the hay had been harvested/cut and before the rest of the hay was ready to be harvested.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

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

• Kupsabiny: “Those locusts ate everything green in the land. And when they had finished eating, I said, ‘Oh, God, forgive your people! They are so few! How can the people of Israel survive now?’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “When they had finished eating the harvest in the fields I said, "Oh Sovereign LORD forgive. How can Jacob survive? He is so small."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Then the locusts ate-up all the plants, and nothing else was-left. And then I said, ‘Lord GOD, I ask-for-a-favor from you (sing.) that you (sing.) will-forgive the descendants of Jacob. How can- they -live if that punishment will-happen? They are weak and have no capability.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “And in the vision I saw those locusts come, and they ate everything that was green. Then I cried out, ‘Yahweh our Lord, please forgive us! We Israeli people are very helpless; how will we be able to survive ?/we will not be able to survive!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Amos 7:3:

• Kupsabiny: “Then, God changed his thoughts and said, ‘It shall never happen like that.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The LORD relented concerning this.
  "This will not happen", says the LORD.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Therefore the LORD changed his thinking/mind and he said, ‘What- you (sing.) -saw will- no-longer -happen.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “So Yahweh changed his mind and said, ‘That will not happen.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Amos 7:4:

• Kupsabiny: “Then, God showed me another matter. I saw God calling for fire to pour down. That fire licked up the ocean and destroyed the land.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “This is what the Sovereign LORD showed me: The Sovereign LORD has decided to judge by fire. This fire having dried up the large ocean was totally burning up the land.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “This is still what the Lord GOD showed to me: I saw that the Lord GOD had-prepared to punish his people by fire. Then the fire caused-to-become-dry the source of water under the ground, and it burned everything in the land of Israel.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then this is what Yahweh our Lord showed me in another vision: He was calling to a fire to come and punish his people. In the vision I saw that the fire dried up the ocean and also burned everything on the land.” (Source: Translation for Translators)