complete verse (Proverbs 13:9)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 13:9:

  • Kupsabiny: “A person who is righteous is in a good position
    like a lamp which burns brightly,
    but the wicked/sinner,
    his life is faint (precarious) like a lamp about to go out.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The righteous person
    is like a brightly shining light,
    But the wicked person
    is like a lamp about to die out.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The life of a righteous man is like a lamp that shines very brightly, but the life of a wicked man is like a lamp that is snuffed-out.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “The light of a righteous/just-person, it is not ever-extinguished, but the light of a sinful-person, just-a-little-while and it is-extinguished.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “Righteous people are like a lamp that shines brightly,
    but wicked people are like a lamp that will soon be extinguished.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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