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Vulgate (Latin)   
in omnibus operibus tuis esto velox et omnis infirmitas non occurret tibi

King James Variants

Other translations
New Catholic Bible   
Wine is a source of life if taken in moderation. What is life to someone who has been deprived of wine? It was created to make men happy.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Wine is very life to human beings if taken in moderation. What is life to one who is without wine? It has been created to make people happy.
Good News Translation®   
Wine can put new life into you if you drink it in moderation. What would life be like without it? Wine was created to make us happy.
Wycliffe Bible   
Even life to men is wine drunken in soberness; if thou drinkest it measurably, thou shalt be sober. What is the life which is made less by wine? What defraudeth life? death. Wine was made in gladness, not in drunkenness, at the beginning. [Even life to men wine in soberness; if thou drinkest it measurably, thou shalt be sober. What is the life that is less(en)ed with wine? What beguileth the life? death. Wine in mirth is formed, not in drunkenhood, from the beginning.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Wine is like life to men, if you drink it in moderation. What is life to a man who is without wine? It has been created to make men glad.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Wine is very life to humans if taken in moderation. What is life to one who is without wine? It has been created to make people happy.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Wine is very life to human beings if taken in moderation. What is life to one who is without wine? It has been created to make people happy.
Common English Bible © 2011   
If taken in moderation, wine makes people’s lives better. What’s life to those who don’t have wine? It was created from the beginning to bring merriment.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Wine is very life to anyone, if taken in moderation. Does anyone really live who lacks the wine which from the beginning was created for joy?
Revised Standard Version   
Wine is like life to men, if you drink it in moderation. What is life to a man who is without wine? It has been created to make men glad.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Wine is very life to human beings if taken in moderation. What is life to one who is without wine? It has been created to make people happy.