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Vulgate (Latin)   
concordia fratrum et amor proximorum et vir et mulier sibi consentientes

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Other translations
New Catholic Bible   
There are three kinds of men I hate, for their manner of life I consider loathsome: a pride-filled poor man, a lying rich man, and a lecherous old fool.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
I hate three kinds of people, and I loathe their manner of life: a pauper who boasts, a rich person who lies, and an old fool who commits adultery.
Good News Translation®   
There are three kinds of people I cannot stand, whose behavior I find highly offensive: poor people who are arrogant, rich people who lie, and foolish old men who commit adultery.
Wycliffe Bible   
My soul hated three species, (or kinds), and I am grieved greatly to (or by) the soul of them; a poor man proud, and a rich man (that is a) liar, and an eld man (that is) a fool and unwitty (or unwise). [Three species hated my soul, and I am grieved greatly to (or by) the soul of them; a poor man proud, and a rich man a liar, and an old man a fool and doted.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
My soul hates three kinds of men, and I am greatly offended at their life: a beggar who is proud, a rich man who is a liar, and an adulterous old man who lacks good sense.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
I hate three kinds of people, and I loathe their manner of life: a pauper who boasts, a rich person who lies, and an old adulterer who lacks sense.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
I hate three kinds of people, and I loathe their manner of life: a pauper who boasts, a rich person who lies, and an old fool who commits adultery.
Common English Bible © 2011   
My whole being despises three types of persons, and I am angered by the way they live: an arrogant poor person, a rich liar, an old adulterer who never learns.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Three kinds of people I hate, and I loathe their manner of life: A proud pauper, a rich liar, and a lecherous old fool.
Revised Standard Version   
My soul hates three kinds of men, and I am greatly offended at their life: a beggar who is proud, a rich man who is a liar, and an adulterous old man who lacks good sense.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
I hate three kinds of people, and I loathe their manner of life: a pauper who boasts, a rich person who lies, and an old fool who commits adultery.