complete verse (Proverbs 28:28)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 28:28:

  • Kupsabiny: “If/When a sinner takes up kingship, people move away,
    but when he dies righteous people restores goodness.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “When wicked people rule, people go into hiding.
    But when the wicked disappear,
    righteous people come out of hiding.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “People are-hiding if the wicked-ones rule. But if they are destroyed, the righteous-one then will-rule.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “People hide if one who has bad thoughts is the one-who-rules. But when he is-removed as ruler, righteous/just people become-many.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “When wicked people become rulers, people hide because they are afraid of what those wicked people will do;
    but when wicked people are no longer rulers, good/righteous people will become the rulers.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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