Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ecclesiastes 1:13:

• Kupsabiny: “I devoted myself greatly and studied and explored in the way of wisdom, everything that is happening in this world. Please, what a heaviness that God has sent to the life of people!” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “I determined in my heart to try to search by wisdom everything that is done under the heavens. What a huge burden God has put upon the people!” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “With my wisdom, I [intensifier] studied well all that is happening here on earth. This is a wearisome/boresome work that God has-given which man is-to-be-concerned-of.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “By being wise, I concentrated on understanding everything that was being done on the earth. But I found out that God causes all of us to experience things that cause us to be unhappy/miserable.” (Source: Translation for Translators)