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Vulgate (Latin)   
maledicta creatura illorum quoniam felix sterilis incoinquinata quae non scivit torum in delicto habebit fructum in respectione animarum

King James Variants

Other translations
New Catholic Bible   
Blessed is the barren woman who is undefiled, who has not experienced a sinful union; she will bear fruit at the visitation of souls.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
their offspring are accursed. For blessed is the barren woman who is undefiled, who has not entered into a sinful union; she will have fruit when God examines souls.
Good News Translation®   
All his descendants will be under a curse. On Judgment Day God will reward the woman who has never been able to have a child, provided she has not been guilty of adultery. Then she will be happy.
Wycliffe Bible   
The creature (or the generation) of them is cursed; for why the woman barren and undefouled is blessed [or for happy is the barren, and the undefouled], that hath not known the bed in trespass; she shall have fruit in the beholding of holy souls.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
their offspring are accursed. For blessed is the barren woman who is undefiled, who has not entered into a sinful union; she will have fruit when God examines souls.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
For blessed is the barren woman who is undefiled, who has not entered into a sinful union; she will have fruit when God examines souls.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
their offspring are accursed. For blessed is the barren woman who is undefiled, who has not entered into a sinful union; she will have fruit when God examines souls.
Common English Bible © 2011   
What a contrast to the barren woman who has kept herself pure, who hasn’t had sex with another in sin. She will be blessed. When God inspects entire lives, she will bear fruit.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Yes, blessed is she who, childless and undefiled, never knew transgression of the marriage bed; for she shall bear fruit at the judgment of souls.
Revised Standard Version   
their offspring are accursed. For blessed is the barren woman who is undefiled, who has not entered into a sinful union; she will have fruit when God examines souls.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
their offspring are accursed. For blessed is the barren woman who is undefiled, who has not entered into a sinful union; she will have fruit when God examines souls.