complete verse (Ecclesiastes 5:13)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ecclesiastes 5:13:

  • Kupsabiny: “There is a bitter/painful matter that I have seen in this world. A person may well heap up his possessions” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “There is one terrible thing that I have seen in this world.
    An owner collected wealth and property to his own detriment.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “There-is-something I have-seen that is not very good here on earth: Wealth that has-been-gathered by man can-harm him” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I have seen another terrible thing that happens here on the earth :
    People save up all their money and become rich,
    but they are not helped by saving a lot of money,” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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