Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ecclesiastes 10:19:
- Kupsabiny: “Food makes a person happy and wine gives him joy, but it is money which is able to manage anything.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Feasts are prepared for enjoyment,
and wine brings joy to life.
and money solves everything.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “Eating and drinking can-give joy to a man, and money can-give all his needs.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Eating food and drinking wine causes us to laugh and be happy,
but we are able to enjoy those things only if we have money to buy them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
