complete verse (Proverbs 16:26)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 16:26:

  • Kupsabiny: “Hunger leads/pushes one to work hard.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The workers work harder and harder
    for the sake of their stomachs,
    because they have to work like that
    to be cured of their hunger.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Hunger pushes a man to work.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Because-of a person’s desire to eat, he-becomes-industrious to work.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “If a worker has an appetite/is hungry, that urges him to work hard
    because he wants to earn money to buy things to eat.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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