complete verse (Proverbs 14:34)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 14:34:

  • Kupsabiny: “Righteousness exalts a nation,
    but sin shames people.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Righteousness makes a country great,
    sin humiliates a country.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “A nation will-prosper if its residents will-live rightly, but if they will-commit-sin, their nation will-be-put-to-shame.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “A nation is-praised by-means-of the righteousness/justice of its people, but it is shamed by-means-of their sin.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “When the people of a nation continually act righteously, it causes that nation to be great;
    continually doing what is evil causes a nation to be disgraced.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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