What is the Latin translation of Nisi Dominus Frustra to English?

Answer 1

Unless the Lord is with us, our labor is vain. Psalm 127

Literally, it just means 'if not the master, in vain;' Latin requires a lot of interpretation from context. "Without God, we labor in vain" - Psalm 127

Answer 2

The phrase 'Nisi Dominus aedific vanum' contains a spelling error, and is incomplete. The complete, full Latin sentence is the following: 'Nisi Dominus aedificat domum in vanum laboraverunt qui aedificant eam'. The word-by-word translation is as follows: 'nisi' means 'unless'; 'Dominus' means 'Lord'; 'aedificat' means '[He] has built'; 'domum' means 'house'; 'in' means 'in'; 'vanum' means 'vain'; 'laboraverunt' means '[they] have labored'; 'qui' means 'that or who'; 'aedificant' means '[they] build'; and 'eam' means 'it'. The English equivalent therefore is the following: Unless the Lord build the house, they have labored in vain that have built it. The sentence begins Psalm 127 in the 'Nova Vulgata'. Other versions of the Vulgate, such as the Clementine, list the Psalm as 126.

Answer 3

The phrase means "Unless the Lord...". It occurs in the psalm 127: Nisi dominus custodiere civitatem... which means Unless the Lord guards the city those who guard it do so in vain

Answer 4

Unless the lord is with us, it is in vain.

Answer 5

If not master