Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 25:6:

• Kupsabiny: “Do not boast yourself before the king and do not take yourself that you are very famous.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “When you are before the king
  never pretend that you are a great person” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “If you (sing.) are before/[lit. in front of] the king, do not consider yourself as-if you (sing.) (are) really somebody by sitting with the honorable men.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Do not (sing.) make- yourself -important (lit. raise your body) in front of the king.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “When you stand in front of a king, do not try to impress him/honor yourself
  and do not act like you are important/ask to sit where important people sit;” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 26:10:

• Kupsabiny: “If/when a rich man has given work to an unknown person or a fool,
  it is like when an archer pulls his bow without aiming.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Hiring a fool, or anyone coming down the road
  is like shooting arrows recklessly.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “That is foolishness if you (sing.) shoot- anyone with -an-arrow; like that also if you (sing.) cause-to-work any fool who passes-by.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Like a person who shoots-arrows at all who pass-by is the one who salaries a foolish-person and drunkard.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “A man who shoots arrows to try to wound everybody who is near is foolish;
  similarly, anyone who hires a foolish person who passes by is very foolish.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 27:14:

• Kupsabiny: “If/When a person goes very early in the morning to his friend and greets (him) loudly,
  people may think that he may have bad things in mind for his friend.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “If anyone gives a blessing to the neighbors
  with a loud voice early in the morning,
  it is like a curse.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “If you (sing.) will-disturb your (sing.) neighbor early-in-the-morning by your (sing.) noisy blessing, he will-consider that as a curse.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “If you (sing.) wake-up your (sing.) friend early by-means-of your (sing.) greeting, it’s- just the-same -as-if you (sing.) have-cursed-(him).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “If you rise early in the morning and call out a greeting to your neighbor while he is still sleeping,
  he will consider it to be a curse, not a blessing.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 28:19:

• Kupsabiny: “A farmer who stands strong/stable gets much food/crops.
  but the one who likes to stretch himself (rest) will become poor.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “There will be enough grain
  to feed those who work hard.
  The person who wastes [his] time
  will have only trouble.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “An industrious farmer has abundant food, but the one who wastes his time for a worthless deeds will-become-poor.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “The one who works industriously, he will eat much, but one who wastes his time will always be-poor.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “Farmers who work hard in their fields will produce good crops and always have plenty of food to eat,
  but those who spend all their time on useless projects/doing things that do not benefit anyone will become very poor.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 29:23:

• Kupsabiny: “A person who takes himself up (is proud), is pulled down,
  but the one who takes himself down (humbles himself) is raised up.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Arrogance triggers people’s downfall.
  Those who live humbly will gain respect.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The boasting of a person can-give him/her shame, but humility/[lit. the causing-to-be-low of person] can-give him/her honor.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “The one who is proud (lit. keeps-raising his body) will-be-shamed at the end, but the humble will be praised.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “Proud people will be disgraced;
  those who are humble will be respected.” (Source: Translation for Translators)