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Vulgate (Latin)   
benefac iusto et invenies retributionem magnam et si non ab ipso certe a Domino

King James Variants

Other translations
New Catholic Bible   
Good deeds performed for the righteous man will be repaid— if not by him, then by the Most High.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Do good to the devout, and you will be repaid— if not by them, certainly by the Most High.
Good News Translation®   
You will be repaid for any kindness you show to a devout person. If he doesn't repay you, the Most High will.
Wycliffe Bible   
Do thou well to a just man, and thou shalt find great yielding; though not of (or from) him, certainly of (or from) the Lord. [Well do to the rightwise, and thou shalt find great yielding; and if not of him, certainly of the Lord.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Do good to a godly man, and you will be repaid— if not by him, certainly by the Most High.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Do good to the devout, and you will be repaid— if not by them, certainly by the Most High.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Do good to the devout, and you will be repaid— if not by them, certainly by the Most High.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Do good to the godly, and you will find a reward, and if not from them, then from the Most High.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Do good to the righteous and reward will be yours, if not from them, from the Lord.
Revised Standard Version   
Do good to a godly man, and you will be repaid— if not by him, certainly by the Most High.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Do good to the devout, and you will be repaid— if not by them, certainly by the Most High.