Comparison
Jeremiah 10
Douay-Rheims and Vulgata Clementina, verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | |
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| 1 | Hear ye the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning you, O house of Israel. | Audite verbum quod locutus est Dominus super vos, domus Israël. |
| 2 | Thus saith the Lord: Learn not according to the ways of the Gentiles: and be not afraid of the signs of heaven, which the heathens fear: | Haec dicit Dominus: Iuxta vias gentium nolite discere, et a signis caeli nolite metuere, quae timent gentes, |
| 3 | For the laws of the people are vain: for the works of the hand of the workman hath cut a tree out of the forest with an axe. | quia leges populorum vanae sunt. Quia lignum de saltu praecidit opus manus artificis in ascia: |
| 4 | He hath decked it with silver and gold: he hath put it together with nails and hammers, that it may not fall asunder. | argento et auro decoravit illud: clavis et malleis compegit, ut non dissolvatur: |
| 5 | They are framed after the likeness of a palm tree, and shall not speak: they must be carried to be removed, because they cannot go. Therefore, fear them not, for they can neither do evil nor good. | in similitudinem palmae fabricata sunt, et non loquentur: portata tollentur, quia incedere non valent. Nolite ergo timere ea, quia nec male possunt facere, nec bene. |
| 6 | There is none like to thee, O Lord: thou art great and great is thy name in might. | Non est similis tui, Domine: magnus es tu, et magnum nomen tuum in fortitudine. |
| 7 | Who shall fear thee, O king of nations? for thine is the glory: among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms there is none like unto thee. | Quis non timebit te, o Rex gentium? tuum est enim decus: inter cunctos sapientes gentium, et in universis regnis eorum, nullus est similis tui. |
| 8 | They shall all proved together to be senseless and foolish: the doctrine of their vanity is wood. | Pariter insipientes et fatui probabuntur: doctrina vanitatis eorum lignum est. |
| 9 | Silver spread into plates is brought from Tharsis, and gold from Ophaz: the work of the artificer, and of the hand of the coppersmith: violet and purple is their clothing: all these things are the work of artificers. | Argentum involutum de Tharsis affertur, et aurum de Ophaz: opus artificis et manus aerarii. Hyacinthus et purpura indumentum eorum: opus artificum universa haec. |
| 10 | But the Lord is the true God: he is the living God, and the everlasting king, at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his threatening. | Dominus autem Deus verus est, ipse Deus vivens, et rex sempiternus. Ab indignatione eius commovebitur terra, et non sustinebunt gentes comminationem eius. |
| 11 | Thus then shall you say to them: The gods that have not made heaven and earth, let them perish from the earth, and from among those places that are under heaven. | Sic ergo dicetis eis: Dii qui caelos et terram non fecerunt, pereant de terra et de his quae sub caelo sunt! |
| 12 | He that maketh the earth by his power, that prepareth the world by his wisdom, and stretcheth out the heavens by his knowledge. | Qui facit terram in fortitudine sua, praeparat orbem in sapientia sua, et prudentia sua extendit caelos: |
| 13 | At his voice he giveth a multitude of waters in the heaven, and lifteth up the clouds from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings for rain, and bringeth for the wind out of his treasures. | ad vocem suam dat multitudinem aquarum in caelo, et elevat nebulas ab extremitatibus terrae: fulgura in pluviam facit, et educit ventum de thesauris suis. |
| 14 | Every man is become a fool for knowledge every artist is confounded in his graven idol: for what he hath cast is false, and there is no spirit in them. | Stultus factus est omnis homo a scientia: confusus est artifex omnis in sculptili, quoniam falsum est quod conflavit, et non est spiritus in eis. |
| 15 | They are vain things and a ridiculous work: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. | Vana sunt, et opus risu dignum: in tempore visitationis suae peribunt. |
| 16 | The portion of Jacob is not like these: for it is he who formed all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the Lord of hosts is his name. | Non est his similis pars Iacob: qui enim formavit omnia, ipse est, et Israël virga haereditatis eius: Dominus exercituum nomen illi. |
| 17 | Gather up thy shame out of the land, thou that dwellest in a siege. | Congrega de terra confusionem tuam, quae habitas in obsidione: |
| 18 | For thus saith the Lord: Behold I will cast away far off the inhabitants of the land at this time: and I will afflict them, so that they may be found. | quia haec dicit Dominus: Ecce ego longe proiiciam habitatores terrae in hac vice, et tribulabo eos ita ut inveniantur. |
| 19 | Woe is me for my destruction, my wound is very grievous. But I said: Truly this is my own evil, and I will bear it. | Vae mihi super contritione mea: pessima plaga mea. Ego autem dixi: Plane haec infirmitas mea est, et portabo illam. |
| 20 | My tabernacle is laid waste, all my cords are broken: my children are gone out from me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains. | Tabernaculum meum vastatum est; omnes funiculi mei dirupti sunt: filii mei exierunt a me, et non subsistunt. Non est qui extendat ultra tentorium meum, et erigat pelles meas. |
| 21 | Because the pastors have done foolishly, and have not sought the Lord: therefore have they not understood, and all their flock is scattered. | Quia stulte egerunt pastores, et Dominum non quaesierunt: propterea non intellexerunt, et omnis grex eorum dispersus est. |
| 22 | Behold the sound of a noise cometh, a great commotion out of the land of the north: to make the cities of Juda a desert, and a dwelling for dragons. | Vox auditionis ecce venit, et commotio magna de terra aquilonis: ut ponat civitates Iuda solitudinem, et habitaculum draconum. |
| 23 | I know, O Lord, that the way of a man is not his: neither is it in a man to walk, and to direct his steps. | Scio, Domine, quia non est hominis via eius, nec viri est ut ambulet, et dirigat gressus suos. |
| 24 | Correct me, O Lord, but yet with judgement: and not in fury, lest thou bring me to nothing. | Corripe me, Domine, verumtamen in iudicio, et non in furore tuo, ne forte ad nihilum redigas me. |
| 25 | Pour out thy indignation upon the nations that have not known thee, and upon the provinces that have not called upon thy name: because they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have destroyed his glory. | Effunde indignationem tuam super gentes quae non cognoverunt te, et super provincias quae nomen tuum non invocaverunt: quia comederunt Iacob, et devoraverunt eum, et consumpserunt illum, et decus eius dissipaverunt. |
