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Douay-Rheims
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Better is wisdom, than weapons of war: and he that shall offend in one, shall lose many good things.
King James
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Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
Louis Second
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La sagesse vaut mieux que les instruments de guerre; mais un seul pécheur détruit beaucoup de bien
Martin Luther
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Denn Weisheit ist besser denn Harnisch; aber ein einiger Bube verderbet viel Gutes.
Vulgate
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melior est sapientia quam arma bellica et qui in uno peccaverit multa bona perdet

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


melior : better.
sapientia : wisdom.
quam : (fem. sing. acc.) (the church), WHICH the Lord loved.
quam : (adv. and conj.) how, than, as .. as possible.
arma : arms, weapons, armaments.
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.
in : (+ acc.) into, toward, against.
in : (+ abl.) in.
bona : good qualities, gifts, blessings as well as material properties.