Other translations
New Catholic Bible
A man may buy much for little but pay for it seven times over.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Some buy much for little, but pay for it seven times over.
Good News Translation®
Sometimes what seems like a real bargain can turn out to be a very expensive mistake.
Wycliffe Bible
There is a man, that again-buyeth many sins for (a) little price, and restoreth those in sevenfold. [There is, that many things again-buy for little price, and restoring them into sevenfold.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
There is a man who buys much for a little, but pays for it seven times over.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Some buy much for little but pay for it seven times over.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Some buy much for little, but pay for it seven times over.
Common English Bible © 2011
There are those who buy a lot for a little, and they pay for it seven times over.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
There is one who buys much for little, but pays for it seven times over.
Revised Standard Version
There is a man who buys much for a little, but pays for it seven times over.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Some buy much for little, but pay for it seven times over.