complete verse (Ecclesiastes 4:5)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ecclesiastes 4:5:

  • Kupsabiny: “Lazy people throw the hands at/behind the back, and then, hunger finishes (them).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The fool folds his idle hands
    and brings his own destruction.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “A foolish man is-lazy, and because of this he ruins himself.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Foolish people refuse to work;
    they sit idly, with their hands folded, and do not work.
    So they ruin themselves.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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