Other translations
New Catholic Bible
But when he prays regarding his possessions or his marriage or his children, he feels no shame in addressing this lifeless object.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
When he prays about possessions and his marriage and children, he is not ashamed to address a lifeless thing.
Good News Translation®
But he is not ashamed to pray to this lifeless thing about his marriage, his children, and his possessions.
Wycliffe Bible
And he maketh a vow, and inquireth of his chattel, and of his sons, and of weddings; he is not ashamed to speak with him, that is without (a) soul;
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
When he prays about possessions and his marriage and children, he is not ashamed to address a lifeless thing.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
When he prays about possessions and his marriage and children, he is not ashamed to address a lifeless thing. For health he appeals to a thing that is weak;
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
When he prays about possessions and his marriage and children, he is not ashamed to address a lifeless thing.
Common English Bible © 2011
In time he begins to pray to it: for his possessions, for his marriage, for his children. He’s not ashamed to talk to this lifeless object. In fact, he begins to ask this fragile little creation to provide him with good health.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
But when he prays about his goods or marriage or children, he is not ashamed to address the thing without a soul. For vigor he invokes the powerless;
Revised Standard Version
When he prays about possessions and his marriage and children, he is not ashamed to address a lifeless thing.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
When he prays about possessions and his marriage and children, he is not ashamed to address a lifeless thing.