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Vulgate (Latin)   
bona repromissoris sibi adscribit peccator et ingratus sensu derelinquet liberantem se

King James Variants

Other translations
New Catholic Bible   
Preferable is the life of a poor man in a crude hut than sumptuous banquets in someone else’s home.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Better is the life of the poor under their own crude roof than sumptuous food in the house of others.
Good News Translation®   
It is better to be poor and live under your own crude roof than to enjoy lavish banquets in other people's homes.
Wycliffe Bible   
Better is the lifelode (or the livelihood) of a poor man under the covering of spars, than [plenteous] shining feasts in pilgrimage without (a) house,
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Better is the life of a poor man under the shelter of his roof than sumptuous food in another man’s house.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Better is the life of the poor under their own crude roof than sumptuous food in the house of strangers.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Better is the life of the poor under their own crude roof than sumptuous food in the house of others.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Better is the life of the poor under a shelter of rafters than magnificent food in foreign countries.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Better is the life of the poor under the shadow of their own roof than sumptuous banquets among strangers.
Revised Standard Version   
Better is the life of a poor man under the shelter of his roof than sumptuous food in another man’s house.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Better is the life of the poor under their own crude roof than sumptuous food in the house of others.