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Douay-Rheims
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There is no man that liveth always, or that hopeth for this: a living dog is better than a dead lion.
King James
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For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Louis Second
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Pour tous ceux qui vivent il y a de l'espérance; et même un chien vivant vaut mieux qu'un lion mort
Martin Luther
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Denn bei allen Lebendigen ist, das man wünschet, nämlich Hoffnung; denn ein lebendiger Hund ist besser weder ein toter Löwe.
Vulgate
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nemo est qui semper vivat et qui huius rei habeat fiduciam melior est canis vivens leone mortuo

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


nemo : no one, nobody.
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.
semper : always, ever.
huius : (masc. fem. neut. gen. sing.) Go ahead, eat some OF THIS.
huius : (fem. sing. gen.) They are fond OF THIS (change).
huius : (neut.).
melior : better.
canis : dog.