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Vulgate (Latin)   
quam speciosa veteranis sapientia et gloriosis intellectus et consilium

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Other translations
New Catholic Bible   
I can think of nine whom I would call blessed, and a tenth whom my tongue proclaims: blessed is the man who delights in his children, and the one who lives to see the downfall of his enemies;
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
I can think of nine whom I would call blessed, and a tenth my tongue proclaims: a man who can rejoice in his children; a man who lives to see the downfall of his foes.
Good News Translation®   
I will tell you about ten kinds of people that I feel fortunate to know, especially fortunate in the case of the tenth: someone who takes pride in his children, someone who lives to see his enemies fall,
Wycliffe Bible   
I magnified nine things unsuspect(ed) of the heart; and I shall say the tenth thing by tongue to men. A man which living is merry in sons, and seeing the destroying of his enemies. [Nine unover-trowable things of the heart I magnified; and the tenth I shall tell in tongue to men. A man that is joyed in sons living, and seeing the turning upside-down of his enemies.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
With nine thoughts I have gladdened my heart, and a tenth I shall tell with my tongue: a man rejoicing in his children; a man who lives to see the downfall of his foes;
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
I can think of nine whom I would call happy, and a tenth my tongue proclaims: a man who can rejoice in his children, who lives to see the downfall of his foes.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
I can think of nine whom I would call blessed, and a tenth my tongue proclaims: a man who can rejoice in his children; a man who lives to see the downfall of his foes.
Common English Bible © 2011   
In my heart, I would consider nine conditions to be happy, and I’ll name a tenth with my tongue— people who are made glad by their children, and who live to see the downfall of their enemies.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
There are nine who come to mind as blessed, a tenth whom my tongue proclaims: The man who finds joy in his children, and the one who lives to see the downfall of his enemies.
Revised Standard Version   
With nine thoughts I have gladdened my heart, and a tenth I shall tell with my tongue: a man rejoicing in his children; a man who lives to see the downfall of his foes;
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
I can think of nine whom I would call blessed, and a tenth my tongue proclaims: a man who can rejoice in his children; a man who lives to see the downfall of his foes.