Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 27:7:
- Kupsabiny: “If/When you are satisfied (from food)
you refuse even honey,
and/but when you are starving,
even bitter food becomes sweet.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “If you are not hungry,
not even honey will taste good.
If you are hungry,
even bitter [food] will taste good.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “If a man is already full, even honey seems (to have) no taste to him anymore; but if he is hungry, even bitter food is sweet for him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “It’s-as-if honey is not sweet if a person is already-full, but if he is hungry, even what is bitter, he thinks it is sweet.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “When someone’s stomach is full, he does not want to eat honey;
but when someone is very hungry, he thinks that even bitter things taste sweet.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
