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Vulgate (Latin)   
omnis caro ad similem sibi coniungitur et omnis homo simili sui sociabitur

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Other translations
New Catholic Bible   
Humility is abhorrent to the proud, and so also is the poor man abhorrent to the rich.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Humility is an abomination to the proud; likewise the poor are an abomination to the rich.
Good News Translation®   
Arrogant people have nothing but scorn for the humble, and the rich think of the poor in the same way.
Wycliffe Bible   
And as meekness is (an) abomination to a proud man, so and a poor man is (an) abomination of (or to) a rich man. [And as abomination to a proud man is meekness, so and cursing of the rich is the poor.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Humility is an abomination to a proud man; likewise a poor man is an abomination to a rich one.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Humility is an abomination to the proud; likewise the poor are an abomination to the rich.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Humility is an abomination to the proud; likewise the poor are an abomination to the rich.
Common English Bible © 2011   
The arrogant detest humility; so the rich detest the poor.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Humility is an abomination to the proud; and the poor are an abomination to the rich.
Revised Standard Version   
Humility is an abomination to a proud man; likewise a poor man is an abomination to a rich one.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Humility is an abomination to the proud; likewise the poor are an abomination to the rich.