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Vulgate (Latin)   
sed aestimaverunt ludum esse vitam nostram et conversationem vitae conpositam ad lucrum et oportere undecumque etiam ex malo adquirere

King James Variants

Other translations
New Catholic Bible   
Indeed, he considered this life of ours as an idle game, and our span of years as a market that will be a source of profit. “No matter how wicked the means,” he says, “one must make a living.”
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
But they considered our existence an idle game, and life a festival held for profit, for they say one must get money however one can, even by base means.
Good News Translation®   
He thinks of human life as just a game, a market where he can make a profit. He believes that he must make money however he can, even by evil ways.
Wycliffe Bible   
But they guessed fleshly delighting [or a playing place] to be our life, and the conversation of life to be made to (or for) winning, either covetousness, and that it behooveth to get on each side, yea, of (or by) evil.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
But he considered our existence an idle game, and life a festival held for profit, for he says one must get money however one can, even by base means.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
But they considered our existence an idle game and life a festival held for profit, for they say one must get money however one can, even by base means.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
But they considered our existence an idle game, and life a festival held for profit, for they say one must get money however one can, even by base means.
Common English Bible © 2011   
They think that life is just a game. They think that our day-to-day existence is just a profit-seeking carnival. As they say: “You must earn a living however you can, even if it means doing the wrong thing.”
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Instead, he esteemed our life a mere game, and our span of life a holiday for gain; “For one must,” says he, “make a profit in every way, be it even from evil.”
Revised Standard Version   
But he considered our existence an idle game, and life a festival held for profit, for he says one must get money however one can, even by base means.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
But they considered our existence an idle game, and life a festival held for profit, for they say one must get money however one can, even by base means.