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Douay-Rheims
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Better is the poor man walking in his simplicity, than the rich in crooked ways.
King James
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Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
Louis Second
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Mieux vaut le pauvre qui marche dans son intégrité, Que celui qui a des voies tortueuses et qui est riche
Martin Luther
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Es ist besser ein Armer, der in seiner Frömmigkeit gehet, denn ein Reicher, der in verkehrten Wegen gehet.
Vulgate
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melior est pauper ambulans in simplicitate sua quam dives pravis itineribus

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


melior : better.
pauper : poor, with few means, poverty-stricken.
pauper : beggar, person without means.
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.
dives : rich, opulent, wealthy.