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Douay-Rheims
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As a bird flying to other places, and a sparrow going here or there: so a curse uttered without cause shall come upon a man.
King James
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As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
Louis Second
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Comme l'oiseau s'échappe, comme l'hirondelle s'envole, Ainsi la malédiction sans cause n'a point d'effet
Martin Luther
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Wie ein Vogel dahinfährt und eine Schwalbe fleugt, also ein unverdienter Fluch trifft nicht.
Vulgate
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sicut avis ad alia transvolans et passer quolibet vadens sic maledictum frustra prolatum in quempiam superveniet

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


sicut : as, just as, as it were, (+verb in subj.) just as if.
passer : sparrow.
sic : so, thus /yes, that is so, that is right.
frustra : in vain, mistakenly, wantonly, without reason.
in : (+ acc.) into, toward, against.
in : (+ abl.) in.