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Vulgate (Latin)   
multigena autem impiorum multitudo non erit utilis et spuria vitulamina non dabunt radices altas nec stabile firmamentum conlocabunt

King James Variants

Other translations
New Catholic Bible   
However, the prolific progeny of the wicked will avail nothing; none of their illegitimate stock will put forth deep roots or lay a firm foundation.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
But the prolific brood of the ungodly will be of no use, and none of their illegitimate seedlings will strike a deep root or take a firm hold.
Good News Translation®   
No matter how many children are born of a forbidden union, none of them will ever amount to anything. They are illegitimate; they can never lay a firm foundation for themselves, never take deep root.
Wycliffe Bible   
But the many-fold (en)gendered multitude of wicked men shall not be profitable; and (as) plantings of adultery they shall not give deep roots, neither shall set stable steadfastness. [Forsooth the many-fold (be)gotten multitude of unpious men shall not be profitable; and adulterous plantings shall not give high roots, nor stable steadfastness set.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
But the prolific brood of the ungodly will be of no use, and none of their illegitimate seedlings will strike a deep root or take a firm hold.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
But the prolific brood of the ungodly will be of no use, and none of their illegitimate seedlings will strike a deep root or take a firm hold.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
But the prolific brood of the ungodly will be of no use, and none of their illegitimate seedlings will strike a deep root or take a firm hold.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Even though the ungodly have many children, none of them will amount to anything. Those bastard saplings will never put their roots down deep or be firmly established.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
But the numerous progeny of the wicked shall be of no avail; their spurious offshoots shall not strike deep root nor take firm hold.
Revised Standard Version   
But the prolific brood of the ungodly will be of no use, and none of their illegitimate seedlings will strike a deep root or take a firm hold.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
But the prolific brood of the ungodly will be of no use, and none of their illegitimate seedlings will strike a deep root or take a firm hold.