Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 18:9:
- Kupsabiny: “A idle/lazy person is like one who destroys things.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “A lazy person is like a destroyer.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “A lazy man is just as bad as a man who wants to destroy.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The badness of a lazy-person, it has no differentiation from one-who-habitually-ruins his fellows.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “People who are lazy while they work
are just as bad as those who destroy things.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
