complete verse (Proverbs 22:29)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 22:29:

  • Kupsabiny: “A person who is wise in his work will prosper and kings will love (him).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Do you see a person experienced in his work?
    Rather than working for ordinary people
    he will work for kings” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “A man who is good in-doing-something will-serve the kings and not for an ordinary people.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “If you (sing.) are skilled to work, it is not an unimportant (lit. low) person that you (sing.) will serve but rather you (sing.) will serve the king.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “Do not say, ‘I will do to him what he did to me;
    I will pay him back for the bad things that he did to me.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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