complete verse (Proverbs 27:7)

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)
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