Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 14:1:
- Kupsabiny: “A wise woman builds her house,
but the foolish, destroys it.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “The wise woman builds her own house.
But the woman without wisdom
destroys her own house.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “A wise wife strengthens her household, but a fool on-the-other-hand destroys his household.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The wise woman, she causes-there-to-be harmony/order in their family, but the mindless-one, she herself is the one who will destroy her family.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Wise women hold their families together by the wise things that they do,
but foolish women ruin their families by the foolish things that they do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
