Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 21:13:
- Kupsabiny: “A person who does not listen to a poor man who cries for help,
he, too, will not be listened to when he is crying for help.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “If anyone does not listen
to the weeping of the helpless,
no one will listen
to the sound of his weeping either.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “If you (sing.) do- not -pay-attention to the poor when they ask for help, you (sing.) will- also -be-ignored when you (sing.) ask for help.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The one who does not pay-attention-to the poor who begs-for-mercy, the time will also arrive when he begs-for-mercy and nobody will help him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “There are people who refuse to listen when poor people cry out for help;
but some day they themselves will cry out for help, and no one will hear them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
