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Vulgate (Latin)   
in bonis viri inimici illius in tristitia et in malitia illius amicus agnitus est

King James Variants

Other translations
New Catholic Bible   
When you prosper even your enemies are grieved, but in adversity even your friends will shun you.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
One’s enemies are friendly when one prospers, but in adversity even one’s friend disappears.
Good News Translation®   
even your friends will leave you then. But when you are successful, your enemies will act like friends.
Wycliffe Bible   
In the goods (or in the good times) of a man, his enemies be sorry; and a friend is known in the sorrow and malice of him, that is, in (the) adversity of him. [In the goods of a man the enemies of him; and in the sorrow and in the malice of him the friend is known.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
A man’s enemies are grieved when he prospers, and in his adversity even his friend will separate from him.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
One’s enemies are friendly when one prospers, but in adversity even one’s friend disappears.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
One’s enemies are friendly when one prospers, but in adversity even one’s friend disappears.
Common English Bible © 2011   
When people are prosperous, their enemies are in pain, and when they meet with adversity, even friends will keep away.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
When one is successful even an enemy is friendly; but in adversity even a friend disappears.
Revised Standard Version   
A man’s enemies are grieved when he prospers, and in his adversity even his friend will separate from him.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
One’s enemies are friendly when one prospers, but in adversity even one’s friend disappears.