complete verse (Proverbs 22:13)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 22:13:

  • Kupsabiny: “The lazy person stays in the house habitually grumbling that,
    ‘Enemies are outside and a lion is in the compound.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Lazy people think like this —
    "There is a lion outside.
    If I go outside he will kill me."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “A lazy man does not come-out of the house for he-says that there is a lion outside and he might be-devoured.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “The lazy-one makes-excuses saying, ‘I am afraid to go work because there-is a lion (loan layon) who will-eat-me.’” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “Lazy people remain in their houses;
    they say, ‘A lion might attack me if I go out into the street to go to work!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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