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Vulgate (Latin)   
super plumbum gravabitur et quod illi aliud nomen quam fatuus

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Other translations
New Catholic Bible   
A mind based on intelligent reflection is like fine decoration on a smooth wall.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
A mind settled on an intelligent thought is like stucco decoration that makes a wall smooth.
Good News Translation®   
A mind that thinks things through intelligently is like a firm wall, finely decorated.
Wycliffe Bible   
The thought of a wise man shall not be made shrewd (or depraved) in any time, neither dreaded.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
A mind settled on an intelligent thought is like the stucco decoration on the wall of a colonnade.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
A mind settled on an intelligent thought is like plaster decoration that makes a wall smooth.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
A mind settled on an intelligent thought is like stucco decoration that makes a wall smooth.
Common English Bible © 2011   
A heart fixed on thoughtful understanding is like an engraved ornament on a smooth wall.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
The mind solidly backed by intelligent thought is like a stucco decoration on a smooth wall.
Revised Standard Version   
A mind settled on an intelligent thought is like the stucco decoration on the wall of a colonnade.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
A mind settled on an intelligent thought is like stucco decoration that makes a wall smooth.