Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 11:4:
- Kupsabiny: “Riches do not rescue/deliver a person on the day of judgement,
but righteousness saves/delivers people.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “Wealth will be of no use
on the day of God’s judgment,
good work is what will save one from death.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “The wealth can- not -help if God will- now -punish a man with death, but a righteous way-of-living can-save him from death.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “There-is-nothing that a person’s wealth can-give-as-help on the day when- God -shows his anger. It is only his righteousness/justice that will save him from death.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Your money will not help you on the day that God judges and punishes people;
but if you live righteously, you will live a long time.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
