complete verse (Proverbs 26:19)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 26:19:

  • Kupsabiny: “A person who deceives another person and then says he was joking,
    is like a crazy person who plays with sharp weapons.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “People who deceive others and say
    "I was only joking"
    are like madmen holding torches
    and dreadful bows and arrows.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “A man who cheats his fellowman, and then he says that was just a joke, he is like a mad/[lit. bad head] man who shoots a blazing bow-and-arrow that can-kill.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “is the one who deceives his companion then he says that it was a (lit. his) joke.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “are as foolish as those who deceive someone else
    and then say, ‘I was only joking.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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