Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 20:5:
- Kupsabiny: “that sinners do not live for long in happiness?
And have you not heard that their lives do not extend for long?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “The wicked win only for a few [lit.: some] days,
the joy of people who do not honor God is only for a moment.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “the joy of the wicked men just passes-by. Yes, the joy of the ungodly people do- not -last-long.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “wicked people like you do not continue to rejoice for a long time,
ungodly people are happy only for a moment/very short time ?” (Source: Translation for Translators)
