Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 17:24:

• Noongar: “That day the Son of Man, will come like lightning, flying across the sky, shining from side to side.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “Because when I really come back, my coming will be known all through the world. Like lightning that lights shines-on/lights-up the sky/air from one end to the other end, like that also on the day of my coming, I the Son of Man.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “For I, the Son of Mankind when I come here, my coming will be startling/sudden and all the people will see it, like a flash of lightning that suddenly illuminates the world from one end to the other.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “for my return will be like lightning which will light up the whole earth, and it can be seen by anybody.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Because my return who am Child of a Person, it will be like the flashing lightning that can be seen in all directions.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “For how the sky is lit up from the east to the west when it lightnings, that’s how it will be on my returning here, I who am the One From Heaven Born of Man/human.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)