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Douay-Rheims
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Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
King James
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Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Louis Second
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Mieux vaut une réprimande ouverte Qu'une amitié cachée
Martin Luther
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Öffentliche Strafe ist besser denn heimliche Liebe.
Vulgate
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melior est manifesta correptio quam amor absconditus

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


melior : better.
correptio : reproof.
quam : (fem. sing. acc.) (the church), WHICH the Lord loved.
quam : (adv. and conj.) how, than, as .. as possible.
amor : love, affection, infatuation, passion.
absconditus : hidden, concealed.