complete verse (Proverbs 14:1)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 14:1:

  • Kupsabiny: “A wise woman builds her house,
    but the foolish, destroys it.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The wise woman builds her own house.
    But the woman without wisdom
    destroys her own house.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “A wise wife strengthens her household, but a fool on-the-other-hand destroys his household.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “The wise woman, she causes-there-to-be harmony/order in their family, but the mindless-one, she herself is the one who will destroy her family.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “Wise women hold their families together by the wise things that they do,
    but foolish women ruin their families by the foolish things that they do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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