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Douay-Rheims
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As he that casteth a stone into the heap of Mercury: so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
King James
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As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
Louis Second
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C'est attacher une pierre à la fronde, Que d'accorder des honneurs à un insensé
Martin Luther
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Wer einem Narren Ehre anlegt, das ist, als wenn einer einen Edelstein auf den Rabenstein würfe.
Vulgate
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sicut qui mittit lapidem in acervum Mercurii ita qui tribuit insipienti honorem

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


sicut : as, just as, as it were, (+verb in subj.) just as if.
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.
ita : so, thus.
ita : (in narration) and so; (with adj. or adv.) so, so very.