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Douay-Rheims
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As a city that lieth open and is not compassed with walls, so is a man that cannot refrain his own spirit in speaking.
King James
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He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Louis Second
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Comme une ville forcée et sans murailles, Ainsi est l'homme qui n'est pas maître de lui-même
Martin Luther
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Ein Mann, der seinen Geist nicht halten kann, ist wie eine offene Stadt ohne Mauern.
Vulgate
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sicut urbs patens et absque murorum ambitu ita vir qui non potest in loquendo cohibere spiritum suum

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


sicut : as, just as, as it were, (+verb in subj.) just as if.
urbs : city, town.
absque : (+ ablative) without, except.
ita : so, thus.
ita : (in narration) and so; (with adj. or adv.) so, so very.
vir : man, hero, man of courage.
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.
non : not.
in : (+ acc.) into, toward, against.
in : (+ abl.) in.