Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 12:12:
- Kupsabiny: “Is it not the elders who have experience?
Is it not the big man (adult) who knows many things?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “What! Is there no wisdom among the elderly?
What! Does long life not bring insight?” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “Old people know many-things, for while his life continues-to-increase-in-age, what he knows increases more and more.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Old people are often very wise,
and because of having lived many years, they understand much,” (Source: Translation for Translators)
