complete verse (Proverbs 18:23)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 18:23:

  • Kupsabiny: “When a poor person begs, he pleads
    and/but when a rich man responds, (he) speaks with arrogance.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “When poor people speak out,
    they speak humbly,
    When rich people speak out,
    they speak harshly.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “A poor pleads-for-mercy, but a rich answers harshly.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “A poor-person begs/pleads to speak, but the rich-person, harsh is his answer.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “It is necessary for poor people to speak politely when they request rich people to do something for them,
    but rich people reply very impolitely when poor people speak to them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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