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Douay-Rheims
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What doth it avail a fool to have riches, seeing he cannot buy wisdom? He that maketh his house high, seeketh a downfall: and he that refuseth to learn, shall fall into evils.
King James
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Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
Louis Second
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A quoi sert l'argent dans la main de l'insensé? A acheter la sagesse?... Mais il n'a point de sens
Martin Luther
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Was soll dem Narren Geld in der Hand, Weisheit zu kaufen, so er doch ein Narr ist?
Vulgate
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quid prodest habere divitias stultum cum sapientiam emere non possit

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


quid : (question) what (thing)?.
quid : (+ genitive) how much? how many?.
cum : (with indicative) when.
cum : (prep + abl.) with.
cum : (with subjunctive) when, as, while, since, although.
non : not.