Comparison
Ecclesiastes 6
Douay-Rheims and Vulgata Clementina, verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | There is also another evil, which I have seen under the sun, and that frequent among men: | Est et aliud malum quod vidi sub sole, et quidem frequens apud homines: |
| 2 | A man to whom God hath given riches, and substance, and honour, and his soul wanteth nothing of all that he desireth: yet God doth not give him power to eat thereof, but a stranger shall eat it up. This is vanity and a great misery. | vir cui dedit Deus divitias, et substantiam, et honorem, et nihil deest animae suae ex omnibus quae desiderat; nec tribuit ei potestatem Deus ut comedat ex eo, sed homo extraneus vorabit illud: hoc vanitas et miseria magna est. |
| 3 | If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, and attain to a great age, and his soul make no use of the goods of his substance, and he be without burial: of this man I pronounce, that the untimely born is better than he. | Si genuerit quispiam centum liberos, et vixerit multos annos, et plures dies aetatis habuerit, et anima illius non utatur bonis substantiae suae, sepulturaque careat: de hoc ergo pronuntio quod melior illo sit abortivus. |
| 4 | For he came in vain, and goeth to darkness, and his name shall be wholly forgotten. | Frustra enim venit, et pergit ad tenebras, et oblivione delebitur nomen eius. |
| 5 | He hath not seen the sun, nor known the distance of good and evil: | Non vidit solem, neque cognovit distantiam boni et mali. |
| 6 | Although he lived two thousand years, and hath not enjoyed good things: do not all make haste to one place? | Etiam si duobus millibus annis vixerit, et non fuerit perfruitus bonis, nonne ad unum locum properant omnia? |
| 7 | All the labour of man is for his mouth, but his soul shall not be filled. | Omnis labor hominis in ore eius; sed anima eius non implebitur. |
| 8 | What hath the wise man more than the fool? and what the poor man, but to go thither, where there is life? | Quid habet amplius sapiens a stulto? et quid pauper, nisi ut pergat illuc ubi est vita? |
| 9 | Better it is to see what thou mayst desire, than to desire that which thou canst not know. But this also is vanity, and presumption of spirit. | Melius est videre quod cupias, quam desiderare quod nescias. Sed et hoc vanitas est, et praesumptio spiritus. |
| 10 | He that shall be, his name is already called: and it is known, that he is man, and cannot contend in judgment with him that is stronger than himself. | Qui futurus est, iam vocatum est nomen eius; et scitur quod homo sit, et non possit contra fortiorem se in iudicio contendere. |
| 11 | There are many words that have much vanity in disputing. | Verba sunt plurima, multamque in disputando habentia vanitatem. |
