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Vulgate (Latin)   
quoniam in praecepto ipsius placor fit et non est minoratio in salute illius

King James Variants

Other translations
New Catholic Bible   
Thus, the nations experience his wrath, just as he transformed the waters into a salt desert.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
But his wrath drives out the nations, as when he turned a watered land into salt.
Good News Translation®   
He turns fresh water into salt water, and he turns his anger on the nations.
Wycliffe Bible   
and as the great flood filled greatly the earth, so his ire shall inherit in folks, that sought not him. [and as the universal flood full-filled the earth, so the wrath of him shall heritage Gentiles, that sought him not out.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
The nations will incur his wrath, just as he turns fresh water into salt.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
The nations will inherit his wrath, as when he turned a watered land into salt.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
But his wrath drives out the nations, as when he turned a watered land into salt.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Similarly, his anger will overtake the nations, as he changed fresh waters into brine.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Even so, his wrath dispossesses the nations and turns fertile land into a salt marsh.
Revised Standard Version   
The nations will incur his wrath, just as he turns fresh water into salt.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
But his wrath drives out the nations, as when he turned a watered land into salt.