Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ecclesiastes 7:29:
- Kupsabiny: “I know this one word: God made a person to be righteous but people came to mess themselves up in the world!” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “I have only discovered this, God made men upright.
Men, however, are trying to pursue various concerns."” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “Above all, I found-out that God created/made man righteous but man has much scheming that is not righteous.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But I did learn one thing:
When God created people, they were righteous,
but they have found many ways to do many evil things.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
