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Vulgate (Latin)   
si crediderit ei hereditabit illam et erunt in confirmatione creaturae illorum

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Other translations
New Catholic Bible   
At first she will lead him along tortuous paths, putting him to the test, filling him with fear and dread and trying him with her discipline until he comes to fully trust her.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For at first she will walk with them on tortuous paths; she will bring fear and dread upon them, and will torment them by her discipline until she trusts them, and she will test them with her ordinances.
Good News Translation®   
At first, Wisdom will lead you along difficult paths. She will make you so afraid that you will think you cannot go on. The discipline she demands will be tormenting, and she will put you to the test with her requirements until she trusts you completely.
Wycliffe Bible   
For in temptation it goeth with him, and among the first it chooseth him. It shall bring in on him dread, and fear, and proving, and it shall torment him in the tribulation of his doctrine, till it tempt him in his thoughts, and (it) believe to (or in) his soul. [For in temptation it goeth with him, and in the first things it choose him. Dread, and fear, and proving it shall bring in upon him, and shall torment him in tribulation of his teaching, to the time that it tempt him in his thoughts, and he believe to his soul.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For at first she will walk with him on tortuous paths, she will bring fear and cowardice upon him, and will torment him by her discipline until she trusts him, and she will test him with her ordinances.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
For at first she will walk with them in disguise; she will bring fear and dread upon them and will torment them by her discipline until she trusts them, and she will test them with her ordinances.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
For at first she will walk with them on tortuous paths; she will bring fear and dread upon them, and will torment them by her discipline until she trusts them, and she will test them with her ordinances.
Common English Bible © 2011   
At first she will walk in twists and turns with them. She will bring fear and dread upon them, and she will torture them with her discipline until she trusts them completely. She will test them with her commandments,
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
“I will walk with them in disguise, and at first I will test them with trials. Fear and dread I will bring upon them and I will discipline them with my constraints. When their hearts are fully with me,
Revised Standard Version   
For at first she will walk with him on tortuous paths, she will bring fear and cowardice upon him, and will torment him by her discipline until she trusts him, and she will test him with her ordinances.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
For at first she will walk with them on tortuous paths; she will bring fear and dread upon them, and will torment them by her discipline until she trusts them, and she will test them with her ordinances.