Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 20:29:
- Kupsabiny: “Elders are honored due to their grey hair,
and/but the youth are praised because of their strength.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “People praise the strength of young men,
and they honor the grey hair of the aged.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “(It is) pride of the young-ones their strength, and (it is) honor of the old-ones their being-old.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “That which is the cause-of- unmarried-men -being-praised is their strength, but the old-men, it is their gray-hair.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “We honor/admire young people because they are strong,
but we respect old people more because they are wise.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
