complete verse (Proverbs 27:20)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 27:20:

  • Kupsabiny: “A greedy person never gets enough,
    like the place of the dead is always open.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Death and destruction are never satisfied.
    In the same way people’s desires” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Death has no satisfaction; also the desire of a man.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Death and the place of the dead can absolutely never be satisfied, likewise also people.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “It is as though the place where the dead people are is always wanting more people to die and come there;
    and humans are always wanting to acquire more things, too.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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