Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 10:4:
- Kupsabiny: “(A) person who is lazy is poor,
and/but he who works hard lives well (gets a good life).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “Lazy people become poor,
hard-working people become rich.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “Being-lazy can-make- a man -poor, but being-industrious can-make- him -rich.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The person who is lazy will-be-poor, but the industrious-one will become-rich.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Lazy people soon become poor;
it is those who work hard who become rich.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
