Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 12:20:
- Kupsabiny: “People who make conspiracy plots love to cover the eyes of people (make people not see),
but happy is a person who brings peace.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The hearts of the wicked
are always full of evil thoughts,
but good thoughts will bring rejoicing.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Cheating is in the heart of a man who plans bad, but joy is in the heart of a man who plans good.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Tricks/Deception is what exists in the mind of one-who-plans evil, but happiness is what exists in/with one-who-causes-there-to-be harmony.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Those who plan to do what is evil are always wanting to deceive others,
but things will go well for those who plan to do good things.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 13:24:
- Kupsabiny: “A person who holds his child softly, hates (him/her),
and/but the one who punishes/disciplines, loves (him/her).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “One who loves his children
admonishes them,
One who does not love his children
does not admonish them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (sing.) do- not -love your (sing.) child if you (sing.) do- not -discipline him. If you (sing.) love him, you (sing.) straightens his behavior.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The one who does not whip/beat/spank his child, he does not love his child, because the one-who-loves his child, he is thorough/diligent to instruct/command (him).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Those who do not punish their children for bad behavior do not really love them;
those who love their children start to discipline them when the children are still young.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 14:31:
- Kupsabiny: “A person who oppresses the poor, has disobeyed God,
but the one helping those people, respects/obeys God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Whoever oppresses a poor person
belittles God who created him,
whoever honors a poor person,
honors God.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The one who oppresses the poor insults God who made/created them, but the one who shows-mercy to the poor honors God.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The one who hardships poor-people, he mocks/belittles God who created them, but the one who is kind/merciful to them, he honors God.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Those who oppress poor people are insulting God, the one who made those poor people,
but acting kindly toward them is respecting God.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 15:28:
- Kupsabiny: “Righteous people weigh/think carefully about their answers,
but the mouths of the wicked throws/pours words of evil.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Good people think well before they speak.
But evil people speak out recklessly.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “A righteous man thinks first before he speaks, but a wicked man rashly speaks evil.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The righteous/just-person, he thinks properly about what he will say, but the consistently-sinful-person, he speaks what is evil without thinking.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Righteous/Good people think carefully before they answer what others ask them;
wicked people very quickly say what is evil.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 16:27:
- Kupsabiny: “Worthless is a word that a wicked person plans/speaks,
his words are like fire that scorches people.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The wicked are only trying to harm others,
their words are like burning torches.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “A wicked man plans evil, and what he speaks can-harm as-if-like a fire that can-burn.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “People who are of no use, what they think-and-think-about is cause/occasion-of-problems. Along-with their speech, it is destructive like burning/flaming fire.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Worthless people plan ways to cause trouble for others,
and even what they say injures people like a hot fire does.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 17:26:
- Kupsabiny: “An innocent person should not be punished,
or to beat leaders who are doing the right things..” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “It is not right to impose penalties on good people
or to punish those who do good work.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “(It is) not good to punish an innocent man or an honorable man who does right.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “It is not right if one with no sin/crime is fined and an official is beaten because of the right-things that he does.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “It is not right to force someone who has done nothing wrong to pay a fine;
it is wrong to punish good/respected people.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 19:6:
- Kupsabiny: “Many people praise a rich man so that that rich man may love/accept them,
and every person tries to be a friend/assistant to a person who has/owns things.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Most everyone will try to win
the hearts of great people,
everyone tries to make friends
of those who are able to give.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Many make-friends with the well-known people so-that they will-be-treated-well, and everyone make-friends with the generous-(ones).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Many are those who look-for their betterment in the viewpoint of one whose status is high, and the one who has something to give is a friend of all people.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Many people try to persuade important people to do favors for them;
everyone wants to be a friend of those who give gifts.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 20:9:
- Kupsabiny: “Who can say that he is righteous,
or that he does not have sin?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Can anyone say, "My heart is clean and
I have cleaned away my sin?"” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “No one can-say that his heart is now very clean, that he never has sin.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Is there actually (implies no) a person who is able-to-say that his conscience (loan konsensia) is clean and he-has-been-cleansed from his sins?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “There is no one who can truthfully say, ‘I do not know of any wrong things that I have done;
I have gotten rid of all my sinful behavior/quit doing what is sinful.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)