Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 20:30:

• Kupsabiny: “Rods/sticks may wash away the sins of a person
  and that beating cleans the inner part of that person.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Evil [thoughts] can be purged even by wounds on the body.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Sometimes (it is) good that we (incl.) are-punished so-that we (incl.) will-change.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “It is possible that bad behavior will-be-changed by-means-of punishment that is-painful.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “When we are beaten or whipped, it can cause us to quit doing what is evil in our lives;
  when someone wounds us by punishing us, it can cause our behavior to become good.” (Source: Translation for Translators)