Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day:

Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.

`And--a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day,

Now there was a rich man and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, making good cheer in splendour every day.