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Douay-Rheims
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Better is the poor man, that walketh in his simplicity, than a rich man that is perverse in his lips and unwise.
King James
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Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
Louis Second
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Mieux vaut le pauvre qui marche dans son intégrité, Que l'homme qui a des lèvres perverses et qui est un insensé
Martin Luther
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Ein Armer, der in seiner Frömmigkeit wandelt, ist besser denn ein Verkehrter mit seinen Lippen, der doch ein Narr ist.
Vulgate
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melior est pauper qui ambulat in simplicitate sua quam torquens labia insipiens

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


melior : better.
pauper : poor, with few means, poverty-stricken.
pauper : beggar, person without means.
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.
in : (+ acc.) into, toward, against.
in : (+ abl.) in.
quam : (fem. sing. acc.) (the church), WHICH the Lord loved.
quam : (adv. and conj.) how, than, as .. as possible.