Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ecclesiastes 8:16:

• Kupsabiny: “When I used my wisdom to look into what is happening in this world, I realized that people are struggling in their workday and night,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “I gave my mind to understand what wisdom there is in the work that people do in the world day and night without sleeping, without closing their eyes.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Day-(and)-night I do not sleep in trying-hard to possess/obtain wisdom so-that I could-understand what are the happenings in the world.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “I thought about being wise and about people who work very hard, working day and night and not taking time to sleep.” (Source: Translation for Translators)