Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 20:17:
- Kupsabiny: “Stolen foods are sweet,
but not for long, it will feel like sand in the mouth.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “Dishonestly acquired property
seems at first like tasty food,
but very quickly it will turn into
a mouthful of sand.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “Food taken from cheating at first the taste is delicious, but later the taste is now like-sand.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Food that is gotten by cheating/fraud is as-if delicious, but at its end it is as-if gravel/sand in the mouth.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “People may think that food that they acquire by doing what is dishonest will taste very good,
but later they will not enjoy what they have done any more than they would enjoy eating gravel/sand.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
