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Vulgate (Latin)   
est homo marcidus egens recuperatione plus deficiens virtute et abundans paupertate

King James Variants

Other translations
New Catholic Bible   
There is also the slow kind of person in need of help, lacking in strength and abounding in poverty. Yet the eyes of the Lord look favorably upon him; he lifts him out of his wretched condition
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
There are others who are slow and need help, who lack strength and abound in poverty; but the eyes of the Lord look kindly upon them; he lifts them out of their lowly condition
Good News Translation®   
On the other hand, someone else may be very poor and not up to his task. He may be slow, and he may need help, but the Lord is pleased with him and pulls him out of his bad situation.
Wycliffe Bible   
There is a man fade, that is, feeble, failing more than others, needy of recovering, failing more in virtue, and plenteous in poverty; and the eye of God beheld him in good, and raised him (up) from his lowness, [There is a man withered, needing recovering, more failing in virtue, and abounding in poorness; and the eye of God beheld him in good, and reared him (up) from his lowness;]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
There is another who is slow and needs help, who lacks strength and abounds in poverty; but the eyes of the Lord look upon him for his good; he lifts him out of his low estate
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
There are others who are slow and need help, who lack strength and abound in poverty, but the eyes of the Lord look kindly upon them; he lifts them out of their lowly condition
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
There are others who are slow and need help, who lack strength and abound in poverty; but the eyes of the Lord look kindly upon them; he lifts them out of their lowly condition
Common English Bible © 2011   
Others are sluggish and need support, lacking strength and immersed in poverty. The Lord has looked upon them with kindness, and has restored them from their low position.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Others go their way broken-down drifters, with little strength and great misery— Yet the eye of the Lord looks favorably upon them, shaking them free of the stinking mire.
Revised Standard Version   
There is another who is slow and needs help, who lacks strength and abounds in poverty; but the eyes of the Lord look upon him for his good; he lifts him out of his low estate
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
There are others who are slow and need help, who lack strength and abound in poverty; but the eyes of the Lord look kindly upon them; he lifts them out of their lowly condition