Comparison
Ecclesiastes 3
Douay-Rheims, Vulgata Clementina and Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587), verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All things have their season, and in their times all things pass under heaven. | Omnia tempus habent, et suis spatiis transeunt universa sub caelo. | Τοῖς πᾶσιν ὁ χρόνος, καὶ καιρὸς τῷ παντὶ πράγματι ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανόν. |
| 2 | A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted. | Tempus nascendi, et tempus moriendi; tempus plantandi, et tempus evellendi quod plantatum est. | Καιρὸς τοῦ τεκεῖν καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ ἀποθανεῖν, καιρὸς τοῦ φυτεῦσαι καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ ἐκτίλαι τὸ πεφυτευμένον· |
| 3 | A time to kill, and a time to heal. A time to destroy, and a time to build. | Tempus occidendi, et tempus sanandi; tempus destruendi, et tempus aedificandi. | Καιρὸς τοῦ ἀποκτεῖναι καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ ἰάσασθαι, καιρὸς τοῦ καθελεῖν καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ οἰκοδομεῖν· |
| 4 | A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance. | Tempus flendi, et tempus ridendi; tempus plangendi, et tempus saltandi. | Καιρὸς τοῦ κλαῦσαι καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ γελάσαι, καιρὸς τοῦ κόψασθαι καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ ὀρχήσασθαι· |
| 5 | A time to scatter stones, and a time to gather. A time to embrace, and a time to be far from embraces. | Tempus spargendi lapides, et tempus colligendi, tempus amplexandi, et tempus longe fieri ab amplexibus. | Καιρὸς τοῦ βαλεῖν λίθους καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ συναγαγεῖν λίθους, καιρὸς τοῦ περιλαβεῖν καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ μακρυνθῆναι ἀπὸ περιλήψεως· |
| 6 | A time to get, and a time to lose. A time to keep, and a time to cast away. | Tempus acquirendi, et tempus perdendi; tempus custodiendi, et tempus abiiciendi. | Καιρὸς τοῦ ζητῆσαι καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ ἀπολέσαι, καιρὸς τοῦ φυλάξαι καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ ἐκβαλεῖν· |
| 7 | A time to rend, and a time to sew. A time to keep silence, and a time to speak. | Tempus scindendi, et tempus consuendi; tempus tacendi, et tempus loquendi. | Καιρὸς τοῦ ῥῆξαι καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ ῥάψαι, καιρὸς τοῦ σιγᾷν καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ λαλεῖν· |
| 8 | A time of love, and a time of hatred. A time of war, and a time of peace. | Tempus dilectionis, et tempus odii; tempus belli, et tempus pacis. | Καιρὸς τοῦ φιλῆσαι καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ μισῆσαι, καιρὸς πολέμου καὶ καιρὸς εἰρήνης. |
| 9 | What hath man more of his labour? | Quid habet amplius homo de labore suo? | Τίς περίσσεια τοῦ ποιοῦντος ἐν οἷς αὐτὸς μοχθεῖ; |
| 10 | I have seen the trouble, which God hath given the sons of men to be exercised in it. | Vidi afflictionem quam dedit Deus filiis hominum, ut distendantur in ea. | Εἶδον σὺν πάντα τὸν περισπασμὸν, ὃν ἔδωκεν ὁ Θεὸς τοῖς υἱοῖς τῶν ἀνθρώπων τοῦ περισπᾶσθαι ἐν αὐτῷ. |
| 11 | He hath made all things good in their time, and hath delivered the world to their consideration, so that man cannot find out the work which God hath made from the beginning to the end. | Cuncta fecit bona in tempore suo, et mundum tradidit disputationi eorum, ut non inveniat homo opus quod operatus est Deus ab initio usque ad finem. | Τὰ σύμπαντα ἃ ἐποίησε καλὰ ἐν καιρῷ αὐτοῦ· καί γε σύμπαντα τὸν αἰῶνα ἔδωκεν ἐν καρδίᾳ αὐτῶν, ὅπως μὴ εὕρῃ ὁ ἄνθρωπος τὸ ποίημα ὁ ἐποίησεν ὁ Θεὸς ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς καὶ μέχρι τέλους. |
| 12 | And I have known that there was no better thing than to rejoice, and to do well in this life. | Et cognovi quod non esset melius nisi laetari, et facere bene in vita sua; | Ἔγνων ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἀγαθὸν ἐν αὐτοῖς, εἰ μὴ τοῦ εὐφρανθῆναι καὶ τοῦ ποιεῖν ἀγαθὸν ἐν ζωῇ αὐτοῦ· |
| 13 | For every man that eateth and drinketh, and seeth good of his labour, this is the gift of God. | omnis enim homo qui comedit et bibit, et videt bonum de labore suo, hoc donum Dei est. | Καί γε πᾶς ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὃς φάγεται καὶ πίεται, καὶ ἴδῃ ἀγαθὸν ἐν παντὶ μόχθῳ αὐτοῦ, δόμα Θεοῦ ἐστιν. |
| 14 | I have learned that all the works which God hath made, continue for ever: we cannot add any thing, nor take away from those things which God hath made that he may be feared. | Didici quod omnia opera quae fecit Deus perseverent in perpetuum; non possumus eis quidquam addere, nec auferre, quae fecit Deus ut timeatur. | Ἔγνων ὅτι πάντα ὅσα ἐποίησεν ὁ Θεὸς αὐτὰ ἔσται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, ἐπʼ αὐτῷ οὐκ ἔστι προσθεῖναι, καὶ ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἔστιν ἀφελεῖν· καὶ ὁ Θεὸς ἐποίησεν, ἵνα φοβηθῶσιν ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ. |
| 15 | That which hath been made, the same continueth: the things that shall be, have already been: and God restoreth that which is past. | Quod factum est, ipsum permanet; quae futura sunt iam fuerunt, et Deus instaurat quod abiit. | Τὸ γενόμενον ἤδη ἐστί, καὶ ὅσα τοῦ γίνεσθαι ἤδη γέγονε, καὶ ὁ Θεὸς ζητήσει τὸν διωκόμενον. |
| 16 | I saw under the sun in the place of judgment wickedness, and in the place of justice iniquity. | Vidi sub sole in loco iudicii impietatem, et in loco iustitiae iniquitatem: | Καὶ ἔτι εἶδον ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον τόπον τῆς κρίσεως, ἐκεῖ ὁ ἀσεβής· καὶ τόπον τοῦ δικαίου, ἐκεῖ ὁ εὐσεβής. |
| 17 | And I said in my heart: God shall judge both the just and the wicked, and then shall be the time of every thing. | et dixi in corde meo: Iustum et impium iudicabit Deus, et tempus omnis rei tunc erit. | Καὶ εἶπα ἐγὼ ἐν καρδίᾳ μου, σὺν τὸν δίκαιον καὶ σὺν τὸν ἀσεβῆ κρινεῖ ὁ Θεός, ὅτι καιρὸς τῷ παντὶ πράγματι καὶ ἐπὶ παντὶ τῷ ποιήματι ἐκεῖ. |
| 18 | I said in my heart concerning the sons of men, that God would prove them, and shew them to be like beasts. | Dixi in corde meo de filiis hominum, ut probaret eos Deus, et ostenderet similes esse bestiis. | Εἶπα ἐγὼ ἐν καρδίᾳ μου, περὶ λαλιᾶς υἱῶν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, ὅτι διακρινεῖ αὐτοὺς ὁ Θεὸς, καὶ τοῦ δεῖξαι ὅτι αὐτοὶ κτήνη εἰσί. |
| 19 | Therefore the death of man, and of beasts is one, and the condition of them both is equal: as man dieth, so they also die: all things breathe alike, and man hath nothing more than beast: all things are subject to vanity. | Idcirco unus interitus est hominis et iumentorum, et aequa utriusque conditio. Sicut moritur homo, sic et illa moriuntur. Similiter spirant omnia, et nihil habet homo iumento amplius: cuncta subiacent vanitati, | Καί γε αὐτοῖς συνάντημα υἱῶν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, καὶ συνάντημα τοῦ κτήνους, συνάντημα ἓν αὐτοῖς· ὡς ὁ θάνατος τούτου, οὕτως καὶ ὁ θάνατος τούτου· καὶ πνεῦμα ἓν τοῖς πᾶσι· καὶ τί ἐπερίσσευσεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος παρὰ τὸ κτῆνος; οὐδέν· ὅτι πάντα ματαιότης. |
| 20 | And all things go to one place: of earth they were made, and into earth they return together. | et omnia pergunt ad unum locum. De terra facta sunt, et in terram pariter revertuntur. | Τὰ πάντα εἰς τόπον ἕνα, τὰ πάντα ἐγένετο ἀπὸ τοῦ χοὸς, καὶ τὰ πάντα ἐπιστρέψει εἰς τὸν χοῦν. |
| 21 | Who knoweth if the spirit of the children of Adam ascend upward, and if the spirit of the beasts descend downward? | Quis novit si spiritus filiorum Adam ascendat sursum, et si spiritus iumentorum descendat deorsum? | Καὶ τίς εἶδε πνεῦμα υἱῶν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, εἰ ἀναβαίνει αὐτὸ ἄνω; καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ κτήνους, εἰ καταβαίνει αὐτὸ κάτω εἰς γῆν; |
| 22 | And I have found that nothing is better than for a man to rejoice in his work, and that this is his portion. For who shall bring him to know the things that shall be after him? | Et deprehendi nihil esse melius quam laetari hominem in opere suo, et hanc esse partem illius. Quis enim eum adducet ut post se futura cognoscat? | Καὶ εἶδον ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἀγαθὸν εἰ μὴ ὃ εὐφρανθήσεται ὁ ἀνθρωπος ἐν ποιήμασιν αὐτοῦ, ὅτι αὐτὸ μερὶς αὐτοῦ, ὅτι τίς ἄξει αὐτὸν τοῦ ἰδεῖν ἐν ᾧ ἐὰν γένηται μετʼ αὐτόν; |
