complete verse (Matthew 7:26)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 7:26:

  • Uma: “‘But the person who hears my words and does not follow them, that person is like the foolish person who builds his house on top of sand.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “And whoever hears those my words but does not follow/obey them, he is like a stupid man who built his house on sand.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And whoever hears these advices of mine and he doesn’t carry them out, he is like a stupid person. This stupid person, he built on a sandy bank.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But the person who has been hearing what I am saying but he doesn’t believe/obey it, he can-be-illustrated by a foolish person who built his house on the sand/gravel.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But the person who, although he hears this teaching of mine, doesn’t obey it, he is like a stupid/simple-minded person, who jerry-built his house on the sand and didn’t put-posts-down-deep.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “But concerning the person who hears all that I speak and does not do what I say, such a one is to be compared with a man who didn’t have any sense. He built a house on where it was sandy.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
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