complete verse (Proverbs 20:26)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 20:26:

  • Kupsabiny: “A good leader exposes sinners,
    and punishes them without mercy.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “A wise king sorts out the wicked and punishes them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If a wise king judges, he really makes-sure that the one who did an evil (thing) will-be-known, and then he punishes (him).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “The wise king, he knows how to separate-out/distinguish the habitual-sinners and serious (lit. heavy) is what he judicially-determines as their punishment.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “Wise kings find out which people have done what is wrong,
    and they punish them very severely.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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