Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zechariah 12:8:

• Kupsabiny: “On that day God will help the people of Jerusalem. Then, the weak people shall get strength like David. The people of the house of David shall get strength like that of God or like that of the angel of God who leads people in war.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “On that day the LORD will protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the weak among them will be like David. The house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD going before them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “On that day, the LORD will-protect the residents of Jerusalem so-that even the weakest among them will-be just like David (their) strength. The descendants of David will-be just like God, just like the angel of the LORD that leads them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “At that time, I will protect the people of Jerusalem. When that happens, even the weakest people in Jerusalem will be strong like King David was. And the descendants of David will rule the people like I would, as though an angel sent from me, Yahweh, was their leader.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zechariah 12:9:

• Kupsabiny: “On that day I shall destroy all the communities that want to fight against Jerusalem.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “On that day I will begin to destroy all the nations that attack Jerusalem.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “On that day, I will-destroy all the nations that attack Jerusalem.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “At that time, I will prepare to destroy all the nations that attack Jerusalem.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zechariah 12:10:

• Kupsabiny: “I shall fill the descendants of David and the people of Jerusalem with a spirit that makes them show mercy and of prayer. Then, they shall look with hope to the person that they pierced and mourn over him like when one mourns for an only child that has died. Those people shall mourn a lot like one mourns when a firstborn son has died.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “I will fill the House of David and the people of Jerusalem with a spirit of mercy and prayer. They will look upon me, the man they themselves have pierced. And people will mourn for him as people mourn for an only son, as they mourn for a first-born son.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “‘I will-give the descendants of David and the residents of Jerusalem the spirit of kindness and prayerfulness. They will-look-at me the one they have-stabbed and they will-cry like a parent who is-crying of/due-to the death of their only child or a oldest child.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “‘I, Yahweh, will cause the descendants of King David to act very kindly and mercifully. They will look at me, the one who has been stabbed, and they will cry bitterly, like people cry for a firstborn son who has died.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zechariah 12:11:

• Kupsabiny: “There shall be much mourning on that day in the city of Jerusalem like when Hadad-rimmon was mourned in the plain of Megiddo.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “On that day the people in Jerusalem will mourn and wail like they did in the Megiddo Valley for Hadad-Rimmon.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “On that day there-will-be much crying in Jerusalem, like the crying for Hadad-Rimon in the plain of Megido.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “At that time, many people in Jerusalem will be crying bitterly, like people cried when King Josiah was killed in the battle at Hadad-Rimmon on the Megiddo Plain.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

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

• Kupsabiny: “Every house/family in Israel shall mourn starting from the house/family of David, of Nathan, of Levi and of Shimei. Their wives shall mourn in their own place and the men mourn in their own place.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “All the tribes of the land will mourn. Each clan will mourn in their own group. The house of David will mourn in their own group. Their wives will mourn in their own group. The house of Nathan will mourn in their own group. Their wives will mourn in their own group.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Each family will-cry in the land of Israel: the families of the descendants of David, Natan, Levi, Shimei, and the rest of the other families. They will-cry separately the men and the women.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Many people in Judah will cry, each family by themselves: the male descendants of David by themselves, and their wives by themselves, the male descendants of David’s son Nathan by themselves, and their wives by themselves,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zechariah 12:13:

• Kupsabiny: “Every house/family in Israel shall mourn starting from the house/family of David, of Nathan, of Levi and of Shimei. Their wives shall mourn in their own place and the men mourn in their own place.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The house of Levi will mourn in their own groups. Their wives will mourn in their group. The clan of Shimei will mourn in their own group, their wives will mourn in their own group.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Each family will-cry in the land of Israel: the families of the descendants of David, Natan, Levi, Shimei, and the rest of the other families. They will-cry separately the men and the women.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “the male descendants of Levi by themselves, and their wives by themselves, the male descendants of Levi’s grandson Shimei by themselves, and their wives by themselves,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zechariah 12:14:

• Kupsabiny: “Every house/family in Israel shall mourn starting from the house/family of David, of Nathan, of Levi and of Shimei. Their wives shall mourn in their own place and the men mourn in their own place.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “And the same thing will happen in every family group. Men will mourn separately, and women will mourn separately.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Each family will-cry in the land of Israel: the families of the descendants of David, Natan, Levi, Shimei, and the rest of the other families. They will-cry separately the men and the women.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “and all the other members of the kings’ clans and the priests’ clans by themselves, and their wives by themselves.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zechariah 13:1:

• Kupsabiny: “In that day, a spring in which the descendants of David and the people of Jerusalem shall be cleansed will be prepared because they have sins and they are not clean.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “On that day a source of water will be opened for the house of David and for the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from all their sins and iniquities ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The LORD Almighty said, ‘On that day, a fountain will-be-opened for the descendants of David and the residents of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from their sins and uncleanness. I will-get-rid of the gods/idols from the land of Israel and they will-be-remembered no more. I will-remove from Israel the not true prophets and the bad/evil spirits that rule/reign-over them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “At that time it will be as though there will be a fountain from which water flows continually to cleanse the descendants of King David and all the other people in Jerusalem from the guilt of the sins that they have committed, especially from becoming unacceptable to me by worshiping idols.” (Source: Translation for Translators)