Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 26:4:
- Kupsabiny: “Do not argue with a fool with foolish words,
because you will both be alike.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “Do not answer the question of a fool.
Otherwise you might become a fool just like he is.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “Do not answer a fool if he is telling-a- foolish -story to you (sing.), for you (sing.) might become-like him too.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “If you (sing.) answer a foolish-person, do not suit your (sing.) words to his foolishness so-that you (sing.) will not be like him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “If a foolish person asks a foolish question, do not answer him,
because if you answer his question, you are just as foolish as he is.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
