Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 25:2:
- Kupsabiny: “God has authority to hide/conceal things/words, and the king has authority to check into things.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “We honor God in His concealing things.
and we honor kings as they open the meaning
by unveiling these things.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “We (incl.) honor God because of the things which he has- not -revealed to us (incl.); we (incl.) honor the kings because of the things which they have-revealed to us (incl.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “God is praised because of not understandable-things that he does not make-known, but kings, they are praised by their explaining what is difficult to understand.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “We consider God to be great because he acts in mysterious ways/does things that we cannot understand;
we consider kings to be great because they explain things.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
