Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 14:24:
- Kupsabiny: “The wise people get wealth,
but the stupid become fools/misfits.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “People who have wisdom
will have wealth as a reward,
But by foolish work,
one only becomes a fool.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “The reward for the wise is their wealth, but the payment for the fools of their foolishness is more foolishness.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Like a crown of the wise is their wealth, but the foolish, what their crown is is their foolishness.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “One of the rewards of being wise is to become rich;
the reward of acting foolishly is to become more foolish.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
