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Douay-Rheims
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Better is a dry morsel with joy, than a house full of victims with strife.
King James
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Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
Louis Second
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Mieux vaut un morceau de pain sec, avec la paix, Qu'une maison pleine de viandes, avec des querelles
Martin Luther
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Es ist ein trockner Bissen, daran man sich genügen läßt, besser denn ein Haus voll Geschlachtetes mit Hader.
Vulgate
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melior est buccella sicca cum gaudio quam domus plena victimis cum iurgio

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


melior : better.
cum : (with indicative) when.
cum : (prep + abl.) with.
cum : (with subjunctive) when, as, while, since, although.
quam : (fem. sing. acc.) (the church), WHICH the Lord loved.
quam : (adv. and conj.) how, than, as .. as possible.
domus : house, home, residence.
domus : household, house, abode.