Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 25:28:

• Kupsabiny: “If a person cannot guard/keep himself, his life is like a homestead where the fence has fallen down.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “A person who is not able to control himself
  is like a city that has no walls.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “A man who can- not -control himself will- just easily -be-destroyed like a city that has no stoned-wall.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “A person who is not able-to-restrain himself (lit. his body) can-be-compared to a city that has-no fence.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “People who cannot control their tempers/quickly become very angry are unable to defend their behavior;
  that is like having a city without a wall around it, with the result that no one can defend it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 27:4:

• Kupsabiny: “Anger is painful and fury causes people to collapse,
  but envy is very tough (to endure).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Anger is hardhearted and frightening.
  But envy is even more dreadful than this.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “A man who is angry is dangerous, but a man who is-jealous is more dangerous.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “A person who is easily-angered/hot-tempered is cruel and fearsome/dangerous, but the one who drinks is worse, because no one is able-to-escape/avoid him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “It is cruel to be angry with others, and our being angry sometimes destroys others,
  but being jealous of someone is often more cruel than that.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 28:9:

• Kupsabiny: “A person who does not obey the law,
  God does not listen to his prayers.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Even the prayers of those who do not obey the law
  are repulsive to God.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Whoever does not obey the Law, God will-detest even his prayer.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “If someone does not pay-attention-to the law of God, God will also hate even his prayers.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “If people do not obey God’s laws,
  God detests their prayers/considers that their prayers stink.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 29:13:

• Kupsabiny: “Before God a poor person who abuses/despises the poor is similar to the poor person,
  because God is the one who created both of them.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The poor people and those who oppress them
  have one thing in common —
  the Lord has given both of them eyes
  with which to see.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “A poor and the (one who) oppresses him were- both/(just like) -given eyes by the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “The similarity of a-poor-person and one-who-hardships him (it is that) God is the one-who-gave the life of them both.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “There is one thing that is true about both poor people and those who oppress them:
  Yahweh enables all of them to see.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 31:17:

• Kupsabiny: “That woman concentrates on her work.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “She works very hard.
  Her arms are strong to do the work.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “She is quick, industrious, and strong.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “She is industrious and strong to work.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “She works very hard ;
  she makes her arms strong by the work she does.” (Source: Translation for Translators)