Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 25:28:
- Kupsabiny: “If a person cannot guard/keep himself, his life is like a homestead where the fence has fallen down.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “A person who is not able to control himself
is like a city that has no walls.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “A man who can- not -control himself will- just easily -be-destroyed like a city that has no stoned-wall.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “A person who is not able-to-restrain himself (lit. his body) can-be-compared to a city that has-no fence.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “People who cannot control their tempers/quickly become very angry are unable to defend their behavior;
that is like having a city without a wall around it, with the result that no one can defend it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
