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Source language

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
quam aspera est nimium sapientia indoctis hominibus et non permanet in illa excors

King James Variants

Other translations
New Catholic Bible   
She will serve as a heavy stone to test him, and he will lose no time in casting her aside.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
She will be like a heavy stone to test them, and they will not delay in casting her aside.
Good News Translation®   
Her requirements are a burden heavier than they are willing to bear, and they quickly lay them aside.
Wycliffe Bible   
As the virtue (or the strength) of a stone, proving shall be in them; and they shall not tarry to cast away it [or to throw it afar].
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
She will weigh him down like a heavy testing stone, and he will not be slow to cast her off.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
She will be like a heavy stone to test them, and they will not delay in casting her aside.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
She will be like a heavy stone to test them, and they will not delay in casting her aside.
Common English Bible © 2011   
She will be like a heavy stone that tests them, and they won’t hesitate to throw her aside.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
She will be like a burdensome stone to them, and they will not delay in casting her aside.
Revised Standard Version   
She will weigh him down like a heavy testing stone, and he will not be slow to cast her off.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
She will be like a heavy stone to test them, and they will not delay in casting her aside.