Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 8:23:
- Kupsabiny: “I was appointed even before the world began.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “From the very first,
before the world was created,
I was caused to exist.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “He willed that I am here already since in the beginning.
I was/am already there even the world is/was not (here) yet: the sea, the springs, the mountains, the fields/farms, and even the dusts.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation) - Kankanaey: “‘At the very-first, when God had still not yet created everything, he caused- me -to-exist. I was created before the world (lit. I-went-ahead-of to be created than the world).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
