Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 20:21:
- Kupsabiny: “If a person rushes for an inheritance,
he will suffer later.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Wealth that is easily obtained
will not lead to prosperity.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “An inheritance which you (sing.) quickly gained/[lit. took] not in the right time can- not -give you (sing.) any-welfare/good at the end.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The inheritance that a person gets early, God will not bless (it) at its end.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “If you very quickly take the property that your parents promise will be yours after they die,
you will not receive any good/blessing from it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 21:23:
- Kupsabiny: “A person who guards his mouth (words),
guards himself against trouble/turmoil.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The one who is able to control
his own mouth and tongue
will deliver himself from trouble.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “A man who guards what he says can-avoid trouble.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “One who is circumspect/cautious with his words will avoid problems.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Those who are very careful about what they say
are able to avoid trouble.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 22:24:
- Kupsabiny: “Do not make friendship with an angry person and do not join with a person who quickly gets angry,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Don’t associate with people who have short tempers.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “[You (sing.)] do- not -make-friends with a person who easily gets-angry,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Do not (sing.) be-friends-with easily-angered (i.e., hot-tempered) people,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “If they say to people who are guilty, ‘You are innocent/have not done something that is wrong,’
even people in other nations will curse and despise them,” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 23:27:
- Kupsabiny: “An adulterous/prostitute woman is like a deep pit that traps people.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The prostitute and adulteresses
are like deep pits or wells.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “For a woman who sells her body can-harm you (sing.) like a deep and narrow pit.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The prostitute and the one who commits-adultery/immorality, they are-compared-to a deep pit.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 24:24:
- Kupsabiny: “Cursed and hated is a person who releases/frees an evil person,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “If anyone says "guiltless" to a person who is guilty,
he will be cursed and hated by all.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “If you (sing.) will-set-free the-(one-who) has-sinned, the people will-curse and hate you (sing.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The one who judicially-determines that a sinner has no sin, people in this world will curse and hate (him).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 25:22:
- Kupsabiny: “When you do like that, his words/matters will burn that person and God will bless/reward you.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “By this you will make him ashamed.
and the Lord will reward you.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “For if you (sing.) will-do this he will-be-ashamed of what he is doing to you (sing.), and the LORD will-pay- you (sing.) -back.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because if you (sing.) do that, he will be extremely ashamed, and God will-reward you (sing.).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “doing that will cause them to feel ashamed ,
and Yahweh will reward you for doing that.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 26:26:
- Kupsabiny: “Although a black stomached person may try to hide it inside,
it will be revealed where there are many people (in public).
His word may seem to be good,
but do not believe (him), because (he) is envious to finish (it) (full of envy).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “As for their bad thoughts, they hide them,
but their evil deeds are visible to everyone.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “(It is) possible that he will-act-in-disguise so-that he can hide his anger, but still all will-see his bad deeds.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “It-is-possible for him to cover-up his motives, but at its end people will find-out just the same.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “They try to deceive people to cause them to think that they do not hate that person,
but in a public meeting, the people will find out the evil things that they have done.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 28:3:
- Kupsabiny: “If/when a poor person has come to rule and oppresses the poor,
it is like rain which levels the crops.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Wicked people who oppress the helpless
are like rain that destroys the harvest.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “A poor man who oppresses his fellow poor (man) is like a heavy rain that destroys the plants.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The ruler who causes-hardship to the poor is like strong rain that ruins the crops.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “A poor person who oppresses other poor people
is like a very heavy/hard rain that destroys the crops, with the result that there is no food for people to eat.” (Source: Translation for Translators)