Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 21:1:

• Kupsabiny: “As the farmer digs a trench for water in his farm,
  that is how God rules the thoughts of the king.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The heart of the king is in the hand of the Lord,
  He can turn it whenever He likes.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The thinking/mind of the kings is like a river whose flowing is-controlled by the LORD. He controls it according to what he wants.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “God is the one who directs the mind of the king like the way he directs where he wants a river to go.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “Yahweh controls what kings do like he controls how streams flow;
  he causes kings to do just what he wants them to do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)