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Vulgate (Latin)   
iucunditas cordis haec est vita hominis et thesaurus sine defectione sanctitatis et exultatio viri est longevitas

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Other translations
New Catholic Bible   
Indulge yourself and take comfort, and banish sorrow far from your heart. For grief has brought about the death of many, and no advantage has ever been gained as a result of it.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Indulge yourself and take comfort, and remove sorrow far from you, for sorrow has destroyed many, and no advantage ever comes from it.
Good News Translation®   
Enjoy yourself and be happy; don't worry all the time. Worry never did anybody any good, and it has destroyed many people.
Wycliffe Bible   
Have thou mercy on thy soul, and please thou God; and hold together and gather together thine heart in the holiness of him, and put far away sorrow from thee. For why sorrow hath slain many men; and none health is therein [or and there is not profit in it].
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Delight your soul and comfort your heart, and remove sorrow far from you, for sorrow has destroyed many, and there is no profit in it.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Indulge yourself and take comfort, and remove sorrow far from you, for sorrow has destroyed many, and no advantage ever comes from it.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Indulge yourself and take comfort, and remove sorrow far from you, for sorrow has destroyed many, and no advantage ever comes from it.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Distract yourself, cheer yourself up, and keep grief far away from you because grief has destroyed many, and there’s no benefit in it.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Distract yourself and renew your courage, drive resentment far away from you; For grief has killed many, and nothing is to be gained from resentment.
Revised Standard Version   
Delight your soul and comfort your heart, and remove sorrow far from you, for sorrow has destroyed many, and there is no profit in it.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Indulge yourself and take comfort, and remove sorrow far from you, for sorrow has destroyed many, and no advantage ever comes from it.