Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ecclesiastes 3:13:
- Kupsabiny: “Every person may eat and drink wine and be happy for whatever he is doing. This is a gift that God gives.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “All people should eat and drink well, and should continually be content in the painful work that they themselves are doing. This is the gift of God.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “to eat and drink, and to take-pleasure from what he had-labored/toiled-for. These things (are a) grace/gift from God.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “And I also know that everyone should eat and drink, and enjoy the work that they do. Those are things that God gives to us.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
