Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 17:10:
- Kupsabiny: “A wise person listens/hears to a word of correction,
but beating of a fool will not help.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “The insight which a fool gets
by being beaten a hundred times
is gained by the wise through a single rebuke.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “A wise-man can-learn in just one rebuke, but a fool man can- never -learn even-though how-many-times he will-be-beaten.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “A thinking/reflective-person can easily understand a one-time advice, but the foolish-one, he is not able-to-understand even-though how-many hundred-times one beats (him).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Rebuking people who have good sense will accomplish more for them
than hitting them 100 times with a stick.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
