Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Proverbs 7:18)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 7:18:

  • Kupsabiny: “Come let us enjoy each other and rejoice together up to tomorrow morning.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Come, today we will have pleasure
    the whole night.
    The two of us will embrace
    and sleep the whole night.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “So come, let- us (incl.) -lie-down-beside-(each-other)/(have-sexual-relations); let- us (incl.) -be-satisfied with happiness until morning,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Let us (du) go there so that we (du) will-be-happy the entire-night-long.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)

complete verse (Proverbs 8:23)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 8:23:

  • Kupsabiny: “I was appointed even before the world began.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “From the very first,
    before the world was created,
    I was caused to exist.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “He willed that I am here already since in the beginning.
    I was/am already there even the world is/was not (here) yet: the sea, the springs, the mountains, the fields/farms, and even the dusts.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘At the very-first, when God had still not yet created everything, he caused- me -to-exist. I was created before the world (lit. I-went-ahead-of to be created than the world).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)

complete verse (Proverbs 10:1)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 10:1:

  • Kupsabiny: “These are proverbs of Solomon:
    A wise child makes (his/her) father happy,
    and/or the foolish one brings suffering to (his/her) mother.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Proverbs of Solomon
    A wise son makes [his] father glad.
    But a foolish son gives sorrow to his mother.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “These are the proverbs of Solomon:
    A wise child gives joy to his parents, but a foolish child gives grief to them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “These are the advices of Solomon: The wise child makes-happy his father, but the foolish-one, he causes-to-be-sorrowful his mother.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “These are more proverbs/wise sayings from Solomon:
    If children are wise, they cause their parents to be happy;
    but if children are foolish, they cause their parents to be very sad.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Proverbs 11:1)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 11:1:

  • Kupsabiny: “God hates a thing of corruption,
    but he loves the one who is found on/in the straight/honest way/path.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The Lord hates inaccurate scales.
    He rejoices in accurate scales.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The LORD abhors/detests the ones who cheat in weighing/scaling, but he is-happy/delight with/to the ones who do- not -cheat.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “God hates one-who-cheats his companion/fellow with a not correct scale or ganta-measure (used for grains), but he is pleased with one-who-uses a correct (scale or measure).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “Yahweh detests people who use scales that do not weigh correctly;
    he is delighted with those who use correct weights on the scales.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Proverbs 12:2)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 12:2:

  • Kupsabiny: “God loves a person who is good,
    but judges the one who is immoral.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The Lord loves a good man,
    those having bad character
    the Lord pronounces guilty.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The LORD is-showing-mercy to the good man, but he punishes the one who schemes/plans bad (thing).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “God loves the righteous/just, but he punishes the one who plans evil.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “Yahweh is pleased with good people,
    but he condemns those who plan to harm others.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Proverbs 13:6)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 13:6:

  • Kupsabiny: “Goodness guards/keeps a righteous person,
    but evil destroys a person who is a sinner.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Good people will be saved
    because of their righteousness.
    But the wicked will be destroyed
    because of their sin.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “A man without blame/fault will- not -be-harmed because of his righteous way-of-living, but a sinner man will-be-destroyed because of his wickedness.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “The one whose behavior is righteous/just, he has no cause-for-worry, but the one-who-does evil, it will lead to his destruction/ruin.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “The behavior of those who always do what is right will protect them,
    but sinful behavior will ruin wicked people.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Proverbs 14:13)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 14:13:

  • Kupsabiny: “You may laugh even when mourning,
    after that, you cry again.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “A cheerful face can conceal a sad heart,
    but rejoicing can turn to sorrow.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “You (sing.) can-possibly hide your (sing.) sadness in your (sing.) laughter, but after you (sing.) have-finished laughing the sadness is still there.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Even though a person is smiling/laughing, it is possible that he is sorrowing nonetheless. Happiness can result/end-up in sorrow.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “Sometimes when people laugh, they are really sad,
    and when they stop laughing, they are still sad.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Proverbs 15:10)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 15:10:

  • Kupsabiny: “(A) person who does evil deeds will be punished much
    and a person who does not like/want to be counselled/brought back will be destroyed.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Anyone who abandons the good path
    will be punished severely.
    Anyone who does not accept correction
    will die.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The straightening of behavior is-considered as bad by a man who distances-(himself) from the right path. The man who does not want to-be-rebuked will-die.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Serious (lit. heavy) is the punishment of one who does what is not right. One who dislikes/rejects advice will moreover die.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “Those who do what is wrong will be severely punished;
    those who do not want to be corrected will die.” (Source: Translation for Translators)