Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 4:16:
- Kupsabiny: “Those people do not sleep until they see that they have done evil, and sleep does not catch (them) until they see that they have destroyed a person.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The wicked are not able to sleep
until they have harmed someone.
Sleep does not come to them
until they cause someone to fall.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “For they could- not -sleep if they could- not -do evil/bad or destroy/downfall others.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “For they will-not-sleep if they don’t do evil and if there is no person that they will-treat-cruelly/maliciously.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
