Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ecclesiastes 3:14:
- Kupsabiny: “I know that whatever God does goes on forever and nothing can be added or subtracted. God made it like that so that people should obey/respect him.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “I know, whatever God does, will always continue to be. Furthermore, we will not be able to increase it or reduce it at all. He has done like this so that people might revere Him.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I know that everything God does will-continue forever/[lit. until whenever], and this can- not -be-changed. God does it so-that man will-respect him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I also know that what God does endures forever. No one can add to what God does, and no one can take away from the things that God does. God does those things in order that people would revere him.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
