complete verse (Proverbs 21:4)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 21:4:

  • Kupsabiny: “The wicked boast of themselves and are angry with people.
    But what they focus on is only evil/sin.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Proud eyes, an arrogant heart,
    and the evil work of defamation are sin.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Boasting and thinking-of-oneself-high are sin. You (sing.) will-recognize wicked people by that behavior.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Bad people, they are proud (lit. raise their bodies), but there-is-no outcome of their lives except (lit. if not) sin.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “Being proud and arrogant is like a lamp that guides wicked people;
    being proud and arrogant characterizes wicked people’s whole behavior/everything that wicked people do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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