Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 17:15:
- Kupsabiny: “God becomes angry if a bad/sinful person is released,
and the innocent one is arrested/imprisoned.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “The Lord hates both those
who condemn the innocent
and those who acquit the guilty.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “The LORD detests a man who sentences the one who has no sin to-be-punished or sentences the one who has-sin to-be-free.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “God hates the one who judicially-decides that the sinner has no sin/crime and likewise also the one who condemns to be punished the one who has no sin/crime.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “There are two things that Yahweh hates:
Condemning innocent people/Saying that people who have done nothing wrong must be punished,
and declaring that people who have done wicked things should not be punished.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
