Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 14:20:
- Kupsabiny: “People do not go near a poor person,
and/but the rich will be surrounded by friends.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “The poor have to live,
despised by their own neighbors.
But the rich have many friends.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “No one really make-friends with the poor, even their neighbors, but the rich on-the-other-hand have many friends.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Even the neighbors of the poor, they dislike/reject them, but the rich, they have many friends.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “No one likes poor people; even their friends/neighbors do not like them;
rich people have many friends, but only while the rich people still have money.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
