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Douay-Rheims
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A man amiable in society, shall be more friendly than a brother.
King James
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A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Louis Second
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Celui qui a beaucoup d'amis les a pour son malheur, Mais il est tel ami plus attaché qu'un frère
Martin Luther
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Ein treuer Freund liebet mehr und steht fester bei denn ein Bruder.
Vulgate
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vir amicalis ad societatem magis amicus erit quam frater

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


vir : man, hero, man of courage.
magis : more, to a greater extent, rather, for preference.
amicus : friend, comrade.
quam : (fem. sing. acc.) (the church), WHICH the Lord loved.
quam : (adv. and conj.) how, than, as .. as possible.
frater : brother.