Other translations
New Catholic Bible
It is a miserable life to go from house to house, realizing that as a guest you dare not open your mouth.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
It is a miserable life to go from house to house; as a guest you should not open your mouth;
Good News Translation®
Going from house to house is a miserable way to live. Anywhere you go, you don't dare speak.
Wycliffe Bible
It is (a) wicked life to seek harbour from house into house; and where he shall be harboured, he shall not do trustily, neither he shall open the mouth. [A shrewd (or depraved) life, of harbouring from house into house; and where he shall be harboured, he shall not faithfully do, nor open the mouth.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
It is a miserable life to go from house to house, and where you are a stranger you may not open your mouth;
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
It is a miserable life to go from house to house; as a guest you should not open your mouth;
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
It is a miserable life to go from house to house; as a guest you should not open your mouth;
Common English Bible © 2011
Going from house to house is a miserable life, and wherever you are an immigrant, don’t open your mouth.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
It is a miserable life to go from house to house, for where you are a guest you dare not open your mouth.
Revised Standard Version
It is a miserable life to go from house to house, and where you are a stranger you may not open your mouth;
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
It is a miserable life to go from house to house; as a guest you should not open your mouth;