Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Proverbs 18:11)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 18:11:

  • Kupsabiny: “The rich man relies on his possessions,
    he thinks that his things are able to save him.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Rich people think that their wealth protects them
    like strong high walls on four sides of the city.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The rich think that their wealth can-protect them like the high stoned-walls which surround the city.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “In the opinion/thinking of the rich, their possessions can-be-illustrated by a high fence that is their protection/shelter.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “Rich people are protected because they have a lot of money
    like a city is protected because it has a high wall surrounding it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Proverbs 19:19)

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

  • Kupsabiny: “Leave/Allow a hot tempered person to meet the consequences,
    because if you rescue (him), he will return to his things/words.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “People whose anger is evil always give trouble,
    If you forgive them once
    they will always be giving trouble.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Let a man who easily gets-angry answers to what he is-doing, for if you (sing.) will-help him, he will- only -keep-on-repeating what he is-doing.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “The person who is fierce/easily-angered always has-problems. If you (sing.) help (him), it will-be-necessary that you (sing.) do it again.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “Those who do not control their temper/quickly become very angry will have to endure what happens as a result;
    but if we rescue them from those troubles once, we will have to continue rescuing them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Proverbs 20:22)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 20:22:

  • Kupsabiny: “If a person does evil to you, do not revenge with evil,
    but commit it to God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Do not say "I will do evil in return for evil."
    Put your trust in the Lord. Let him solve it.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “[You (sing.)] do- not -revenge. You (sing.) just trust the LORD, and he will-help you (sing.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Do not curse one who does evil to you (sing.). Trust in God and he will save/rescue you (sing.).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “Do not say, ‘I will do evil to those who do evil to me;’
    wait for Yahweh to do something about it, and he will help you/do what is right.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Proverbs 21:24)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 21:24:

  • Kupsabiny: “A person who boasts of himself and despises (people) is bad/arrogant.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “One who keeps on criticizing others
    is an arrogant and obstinate person.
    There is no limit to their boasting.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The proud and arrogant/[lit. the-(ones-who)-thinks-high] man you will-know for he mocks, and he boasts too much.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “The one who is a mocker and is-proud (lit. makes-high his body), people say that he is arrogant.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “Those who make fun of everything that is good are proud and conceited ;
    they always act in an inconsiderate way toward others.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Proverbs 22:25)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 22:25:

  • Kupsabiny: “because you may learn his ways and set a trap for yourself.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Otherwise you may also become like them.
    And sink into the pit yourself.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “for you (sing.) might become-like him also, and you (sing.) will-be-trapped with that (kind) of behavior.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “because you (sing.) will-be-affected/rubbed-off-on by them and it will be as if you (sing.) are caught in a trap/snare.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “but if judges say that guilty people must be punished,
    things will go well for those judges, and they will receive blessings/God will bless them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Proverbs 23:28)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 23:28:

  • Kupsabiny: “That prostitute waits like a thief who robs people of their things on the road and makes men to commit adultery.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “They lie in wait like bandits,
    and they corrupt people.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “She is like a robber who waits of her victim, and she is the reason of the unfaithfulness of the many husband from their wives.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “They can-be-compared to a criminal who keeps-waiting and many are the men that they direct into sin.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)

complete verse (Proverbs 24:25)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 24:25:

  • Kupsabiny: “but loved and blessed is the one who passes judgment on a sinner.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The judge who punishes the guilty will prosper.
    And his name will also be famous.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But if you (sing.) will-punish the-(one-who) has-sinned, you (sing.) will-be-blessed and you (sing.) will- even -prosper.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But judges who punish sinners, their lives will become-good and they will be blessed.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)

complete verse (Proverbs 25:23)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 25:23:

  • Kupsabiny: “Like wind brings rain, slander brings anger.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Like the north wind brings rain
    needless words bring anger.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “As the south brings rain, a gossip brings anger.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “The one who speaks-bad-about his companion, he causes-there-to-be anger. Its illustration/comparison is the wind that comes-from the north which certainly brings-with-it rain.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “When wind blows from the right direction, it will rain;
    similarly , if we gossip about others, that causes them to look at us very angrily.” (Source: Translation for Translators)