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Douay-Rheims
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If a serpent bite in silence, he is nothing better that backbiteth secretly.
King James
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Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
Louis Second
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Si le serpent mord faute d'enchantement, il n'y a point d'avantage pour l'enchanteur
Martin Luther
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Ein Wäscher ist nichts besser denn eine Schlange, die unbeschworen sticht.
Vulgate
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si mordeat serpens in silentio nihil eo minus habet qui occulte detrahit

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


si : if.
in : (+ acc.) into, toward, against.
in : (+ abl.) in.
silentio : to [+ acc.] to keep silent , to silence.
nihil : (undeclinable) nothing.
eo : to advance, march on, go, leave.
qui : quae : que : quod : which, what, that.
qui : (masc. pl. nom.) Let THOSE (men) WHO have eyes to see..
qui : (masc. neut. nom.) (the prince) WHO loved a milkmaid.
qui : (question) how? in what way? / somehow / wherewith.
occulte : secretly, in secret, by stealth.