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Vulgate (Latin)   
cuius aspectus insensato dat concupiscentiam et diligit mortuae imaginis effigiem sine anima

King James Variants

Other translations
New Catholic Bible   
the sight of which arouses in fools a yearning for the lifeless form of a dead image.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
whose appearance arouses yearning in fools, so that they desire the lifeless form of a dead image.
Good News Translation®   
The sight of such things arouses the passions of foolish people and makes them desire a dead, lifeless image.
Wycliffe Bible   
whose beholding giveth covetousness to an unwise man, and he loveth the likeness of a dead image without (a) soul. [whose sight to the unwise giveth coveting, and loveth the likeness of the dead image without soul.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
whose appearance arouses yearning in fools, so that they desire the lifeless form of a dead image.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
whose appearance arouses yearning in fools, so that they desire the lifeless form of a dead image.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
whose appearance arouses yearning in fools, so that they desire the lifeless form of a dead image.
Common English Bible © 2011   
The sight of idols, however, creates desire in fools. They begin to long for a dead statue’s lifeless image.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
the sight of which arouses yearning in a fool, till he longs for the inanimate form of a dead image.
Revised Standard Version   
whose appearance arouses yearning in fools, so that they desire the lifeless form of a dead image.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
whose appearance arouses yearning in fools, so that they desire the lifeless form of a dead image.