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Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
provexit autem ad horum culturam et hos qui ignorabant artificis eximia diligentia

King James Variants

Other translations
New Catholic Bible   
Even those who did not know the king were aroused to promote his worship by the ambition of the artisan
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Then the ambition of the artisan impelled even those who did not know the king to intensify their worship.
Good News Translation®   
The ambitious artists who made these likenesses caused this worship to spread, even among people who did not know the king.
Wycliffe Bible   
Forsooth the noble diligence of a craftsman brought in also them, that knew not, to the worshipping of these things, or of these kings. [Forsooth the great diligence of the craftsman drew to the praising of them and them, that unknew.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Then the ambition of the craftsman impelled even those who did not know the king to intensify their worship.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Then the ambition of the artisan impelled even those who did not know the king to intensify their worship.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Then the ambition of the artisan impelled even those who did not know the king to intensify their worship.
Common English Bible © 2011   
But the artist’s desire to be recognized for his work also incited the fools to an ever greater intensity of worship.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
And to promote this observance among those to whom it was strange, the artisan’s ambition provided a stimulus.
Revised Standard Version   
Then the ambition of the craftsman impelled even those who did not know the king to intensify their worship.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Then the ambition of the artisan impelled even those who did not know the king to intensify their worship.