complete verse (Proverbs 30:8)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 30:8:

  • Kupsabiny: “My God, as long as I live, deny/protect/prevent me from lying. Do not let me become rich or poor,. but give me what is fitting/needful for me.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Keep me far from falsehood.
    [Make] me neither poor nor rich,
    just give me enough to eat.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “First, help me that I will- not -lie. Second, do- not -let- me -become-rich or become-poor, but just give me what I need.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Make- me -become trustworthy so I will absolutely not tell-lies and do not excessively make- me -rich or make- me -poor. May what you (sing.) give be exactly what-I-need,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “Help me never to lie or deceive people
    and do not cause me to become poor or to become rich.
    Just give me the food that I need;” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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