complete verse (Proverbs 13:16)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 13:16:

  • Kupsabiny: “An understanding person uses wisdom,
    but the foolish one exposes his foolishness.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Whatever he does,
    the wise person thinks before he acts.
    But fools just keep on boasting.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “A man who knows how to-weigh what is right or wrong, thinks first before he does a thing, but a fool-one on-the-other-hand does not think, therefore he surely shows his foolishness.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “The careful/circumspect person, he bases what he does on his intelligence/skill/wisdom, but the foolish, he shows in/by what he does his foolishness.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “Those who have good sense always think carefully/wisely before they do something;
    foolish people show by what they say and do that they are foolish.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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