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Vulgate (Latin)   
fili in mansuetudine serva animam tuam et da illi honorem secundum meritum suum

King James Variants

Other translations
New Catholic Bible   
One who is honored in poverty, how much more so in wealth! And one who is dishonored in wealth, how much more so in poverty!
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
One who is honored in poverty, how much more in wealth! And one dishonored in wealth, how much more in poverty!
Good News Translation®   
If someone is honored while he is poor, think how much he will be honored if he becomes rich! If someone is despised while he is rich, think how much more he will be despised if he becomes poor!
Wycliffe Bible   
Forsooth if a man hath glory in poverty, how much more in chattel? and he that hath glory in chattel, dread poverty. [Who forsooth glorieth in poorness, how much more in substance? and who glorieth in substance, poorness shameth.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
A man honored in poverty, how much more in wealth! And a man dishonored in wealth, how much more in poverty!
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
One who is honored in poverty, how much more in wealth! And one dishonored in wealth, how much more in poverty!
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
One who is honoured in poverty, how much more in wealth! And one dishonoured in wealth, how much more in poverty!
Common English Bible © 2011   
Whoever is honored in poverty, how much more will he or she be honored in wealth? And whoever is disreputable in wealth, how much more will he or she be disreputable in poverty?
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Honored in poverty, how much more so in wealth! Disgraced in wealth, in poverty how much the more!
Revised Standard Version   
A man honored in poverty, how much more in wealth! And a man dishonored in wealth, how much more in poverty!
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
One who is honoured in poverty, how much more in wealth! And one dishonoured in wealth, how much more in poverty!