complete verse (Proverbs 14:4)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 14:4:

  • Kupsabiny: “The granaries of a home will be empty when there is no ox,
    but harvest is much through the strength of an ox.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Where there are no oxen,
    the granary is also empty,
    With the help of oxen,
    one can reap a great harvest.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If you (sing.) do not have an animal to plow you (sing.) have nothing to harvest, but if you (sing.) have an animal, and (it is) still strong, you (sing.) will-harvest many.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “If there is no animal for-helping with work, their eating-place is not put-in (i.e., filled), but if there is a strong cow, much is what one harvests.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “If a man has no oxen to plow his field, he does not need to put grain in their feedbox,
    but if he has oxen, they will enable him to produce an abundant crop.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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