Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 10:28:
- Kupsabiny: “(A) righteous person gets happiness from/in what (he) hopes/trusts in,
but (a) sinner does not get anything from/among/in what (he) hopes/trusts in.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “The hopes of righteous people
will not be disappointed.
The hopes of the wicked ones are in vain.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “The hope of the righteous can-give them happiness, but the hope of the wicked there-is- no -fulfillment.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Happiness is the fulfillment of the expectation of the righteous/just, but the expectation of one-who-is-doing evil, it has no fulfillment.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Righteous people confidently expect that good things will happen to them, and that causes them to be happy/joyful;
but when wicked people confidently expect something good to happen, it does not happen.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
