Other translations
New Catholic Bible
Call no one happy before his death, for it is by his end that a person becomes known for what he is.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Call no one happy before his death; by how he ends, a person becomes known.
Good News Translation®
So then, don't think of anyone's life as happy until it is over, because all the evidence is not in until the person is dead.
Wycliffe Bible
Praise thou not any man before his death; for why a man is known in (or by) his sons.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Call no one happy before his death; a man will be known through his children.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Call no one happy before his death; by how he ends, a person becomes known.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Call no one happy before his death; by how he ends, a person becomes known.
Common English Bible © 2011
Don’t call anyone happy before their death; people are known through their children.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Call none happy before death, for how they end, they are known.
Revised Standard Version
Call no one happy before his death; a man will be known through his children.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Call no one happy before his death; by how he ends, a person becomes known.