Comparison
Ecclesiastes 10
Douay-Rheims, Vulgata Clementina and Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587), verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dying flies spoil the sweetness of the ointment. Wisdom and glory is more precious than a small and shortlived folly. | Muscae morientes perdunt suavitatem unguenti. Pretiosior est sapientia et gloria, parva et ad tempus stultitia. | Μυῖαι θανατοῦσαι σαπριοῦσι σκευασίαν ἐλαίου ἡδύσματος· τίμιον ὀλίγον σοφίας ὑπὲρ δόξαν ἀφροσύνης μεγάλην. |
| 2 | The heart of a wise man is in his right hand, and the heart of a fool is in his left hand. | Cor sapientis in dextera eius, et cor stulti in sinistra illius. | Καρδία σοφοῦ εἰς δεξιὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ καρδία ἄφρονος εἰς ἀριστερὸν αὐτοῦ. |
| 3 | Yea, and the fool when he walketh in the way, whereas be himself is a fool, esteemeth all men fools. | Sed et in via stultus ambulans, cum ipse insipiens sit, omnes stultos aestimat. | Καί γε ἐν ὁδῷ ὅταν ἄφρων πορεύηται, καρδία αὐτοῦ ὑστερήσει, καὶ ἃ λογιεῖται πάντα ἀφροσύνη ἐστίν. |
| 4 | If the spirit of him that hath power, ascend upon thee, leave not thy place: because care will make the greatest sins to cease. | Si spiritus potestatem habentis ascenderit super te, locum tuum ne demiseris, quia curatio faciet cessare peccata maxima. | Ἐὰν πνεῦμα τοῦ ἐξουσιάζοντος ἀναβῇ ἐπὶ σὲ, τόπον σου μὴ ἀφῇς, ὅτι ἴαμα καταπαύσει ἁμαρτίας μεγάλας. |
| 5 | There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were by an error proceeding from the face of the prince: | Est malum quod vidi sub sole, quasi per errorem egrediens a facie principis: | Ἔστι πονηρία ἣν εἶδον ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον, ὡς ἀκούσιον ἐξῆλθεν ἀπὸ προσώπου ἐξουσιάζοντος. |
| 6 | A fool set in high dignity, and the rich sitting beneath. | positum stultum in dignitate sublimi, et divites sedere deorsum. | Ἐδόθη ὁ ἄφρων ἐν ὕψεσι μεγάλοις, καὶ πλούσιοι ἐν ταπεινῷ καθήσονται. |
| 7 | I have seen servants upon horses: and princes walking on the ground as servants. | Vidi servos in equis, et principes ambulantes super terram quasi servos. | Εἶδον δούλους ἐφʼ ἵππους, καὶ ἄρχοντας πορευομένους ὡς δούλους ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς. |
| 8 | He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall bite him. | Qui fodit foveam incidet in eam, et qui dissipat sepem mordebit eum coluber. | Ὁ ὀρύσσων βόθρον, εἰς αὐτὸν ἐμπεσεῖται· καὶ καθαιροῦντα φραγμὸν, δήξεται αὐτὸν ὄφις, |
| 9 | He that removeth stones, shall be hurt by them: and he that cutteth trees, shall be wounded by them. | Qui transfert lapides affligetur in eis, et qui scindit ligna vulnerabitur ab eis. | Ἐξαίρων λίθους, διαπονηθήσεται ἐν αὐτοῖς· σχίζων ξύλα, κινδυνεύσει ἐν αὐτοῖς. |
| 10 | If the iron be blunt, and be not as before, but be made blunt, with much labour it shall be sharpened: and after industry shall follow wisdom. | Si retusum fuerit ferrum, et hoc non ut prius, sed hebetatum fuerit, multo labore exacuetur, et post industriam sequetur sapientia. | Ἐὰν ἐκπέσῃ τὸ σιδήριον, καὶ αὐτὸς πρόσωπον ἐτάραξε· καὶ δυνάμεις δυναμώσει, καὶ περίσσεια τῷ ἀνδρὶ οὐ σοφία. |
| 11 | If a serpent bite in silence, he is nothing better that backbiteth secretly. | Si mordeat serpens in silentio, nihil eo minus habet qui occulte detrahit. | Ἐὰν δάκῃ ὄφις ἐν οὐ ψιθυρισμῷ, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι περίσσεια τῷ ἐπᾴδοντι. |
| 12 | The words of the mouth of a wise man are grace: but the lips of a fool shall throw him down headlong. | Verba oris sapientis gratia, et labia insipientis praecipitabunt eum; | Λόγοι στόματος σοφοῦ χάρις, καὶ χείλη ἄφρονος καταποντιοῦσιν αὐτόν. |
| 13 | The beginning of his words is folly, and the end of his talk is a mischievous error. | initium verborum eius stultitia, et novissimum oris illius error pessimus. | Ἀρχὴ λόγων στόματος αὐτοῦ ἀφροσύνη, καὶ ἐσχάτη στόματος αὐτοῦ περιφέρεια πονηρὰ, |
| 14 | A fool multiplieth words. A man cannot tell what hath been before him: and what shall be after him, who can tell him? | Stultus verba multiplicat. Ignorat homo quid ante se fuerit; et quid post se futurum sit, quis ei poterit indicare? | καὶ ὁ ἄφρων πληθύνει λόγους· οὐκ ἔγνω ἄνθρωπος τί τὸ γενόμενον, καὶ τί τὸ ἐσόμενον, ὅ, τι ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ τίς ἀναγγελεῖ αὐτῷ; |
| 15 | The labour of fools shall afflict them that know not bow to go to the city. | Labor stultorum affliget eos, qui nesciunt in urbem pergere. | Μόχθος τῶν ἀφρόνων κακώσει αὐτοὺς, ὃς οὐκ ἔγνω τοῦ πορευθῆναι εἰς πόλιν. |
| 16 | Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and when the princes eat in the morning. | Vae tibi, terra, cuius rex puer est, et cuius principes mane comedunt. | Οὐαί σοι πόλις ἧς ὁ βασιλεύς σου νεώτερος, καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντές σου πρωῒ ἐσθίουσι. |
| 17 | Blessed is the land, whose king is noble, and whose princes eat in due season for refreshment, and not for riotousness. | Beata terra cuius rex nobilis est, et cuius principes vescuntur in tempore suo, ad reficiendum, et non ad luxuriam. | Μακαρία σὺ γῆ, ἧς ὁ βασιλεύς σου υἱὸς ἐλευθέρων, καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντές σου πρὸς καιρὸν φάγονται ἐν δυνάμει, καὶ οὐκ αἰσχυνθήσονται. |
| 18 | By slothfulness a building shall be brought down, and through the weakness of hands, the house shall drop through. | In pigritiis humiliabitur contignatio, et in infirmitate manuum perstillabit domus. | Ἐν ὀκνηρίαις ταπεινωθήσεται ἡ δόκωσις, καὶ ἐν ἀργίᾳ χειρῶν στάξει ἡ οἰκία. |
| 19 | For laughter they make bread, and wine that the living may feast: and all things obey money. | In risum faciunt panem et vinum ut epulentur viventes; et pecuniae obediunt omnia. | Εἰς γέλωτα ποιοῦσιν ἄρτον, καὶ οἶνον καὶ ἔλαιον τοῦ εὐφρανθῆναι ζῶντας, καὶ τοῦ ἀργυρίου ταπεινώσει ἐπακούσεται τὰ πάντα. |
| 20 | Detract not the king, no not in thy thought; and speak not evil of the rich man in thy private chamber: because even the birds of the air will carry thy voice, and he that hath wings will tell what thou hast said. | In cogitatione tua regi ne detrahas, et in secreto cubiculi tui ne maledixeris diviti: quia et aves caeli portabunt vocem tuam, et qui habet pennas annuntiabit sententiam. | Καί γε ἐν συνειδήσει σου βασιλέα μὴ καταράσῃ, καὶ ἐν ταμιείοις κοιτώνων σου μὴ καταράσῃ πλούσιον· ὅτι πετεινὸν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἀποίσει τὴν φωνήν σου, καὶ ὁ ἔχων τὰς πτέρυγας ἀπαγγελεῖ λόγον σου. |
