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Vulgate (Latin)   
corona senum multa peritia et gloria illorum timor Dei

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Other translations
New Catholic Bible   
blessed is the one who lives with a sensible wife and the one who does not plow with ox and ass together; blessed is the one who does not sin with the tongue and the one who does not serve an inferior;
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Happy the man who lives with a sensible wife, and the one who does not plow with ox and ass together. Happy is the one who does not sin with the tongue, and the one who has not served an inferior.
Good News Translation®   
a man fortunate enough to have an understanding wife, a married couple who are well-matched, a person who never speaks sinfully, a person who doesn't have to work for someone less competent than himself,
Wycliffe Bible   
He is blessed that dwelleth with a witty (or with a wise) woman, and he that fell not by his tongue, and he that served not to men unworthy to himself. [Blessful or Blissful that dwelleth with a woman well feeling, or well perceiving, and that in his tongue is not slidden, and that served not to the unworthy (to) himself.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
happy is he who lives with an intelligent wife, and he who has not made a slip with his tongue, and he who has not served a man inferior to himself;
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Happy the man who lives with a sensible wife and who does not plow with ox and ass together, who does not slip with the tongue and who has not become enslaved to an inferior.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Happy the man who lives with a sensible wife, and one who does not plough with ox and ass together. Happy is one who does not sin with the tongue, and one who has not served an inferior.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Happy are those who live with sensible wives, who don’t slip with their tongue, and who haven’t been a servant to one inferior to themselves.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Happy the man who lives with a sensible woman, and the one who does not plow with an ox and a donkey combined. Happy the one who does not sin with the tongue, who does not serve an inferior.
Revised Standard Version   
happy is he who lives with an intelligent wife, and he who has not made a slip with his tongue, and he who has not served a man inferior to himself;
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Happy the man who lives with a sensible wife, and one who does not plough with ox and ass together. Happy is one who does not sin with the tongue, and one who has not served an inferior.