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Douay-Rheims
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The patient man is better than the valiant: and he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh cities.
King James
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He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
Louis Second
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Celui qui est lent à la colère vaut mieux qu'un héros, Et celui qui est maître de lui-même, que celui qui prend des villes
Martin Luther
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Ein Geduldiger ist besser denn ein Starker, und der seines Muts Herr ist, denn der Städte gewinnet.
Vulgate
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melior est patiens viro forte et qui dominatur animo suo expugnatore urbium

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


melior : better.
patiens : patient /(+ gen.) capable of enduring.
patiens : long-suffering.
forte : perchance.
forte : by chance, by luck, accidentally.
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.
suo : to stitch, join.