Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ecclesiastes 9:1:

• Kupsabiny: “I studied all these things and then I found that God rules the wise people and the righteous and even what those people are doing, how they love and how they refuse. A person does not know what will come to him.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “I thought about this whole matter, and I certainly understood that all the work done by the righteous and by those who have wisdom is in God’s hands. But what is awaiting them– whether love or hatred– that no one knows.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “I carefully reflected all those things and I realized that it is in the will of God what the righteous and wise man are-doing. But this man does not know if love or hatred is what is-waiting for him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “I thought about all those things, and I concluded that God controls what happens to everyone, even those who are wise and those who are righteous. No one knows whether others will love them or whether they will hate them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)