Comparison
Job 1
Douay-Rheims and Vulgata Clementina, verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | |
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| 1 | There was a man in the land of Hus, whose name was Job, and that man was simple and upright, and fearing God, and avoiding evil. | Vir erat in terra Hus, nomine Iob: et erat vir ille simplex, et rectus, ac timens Deum, et recedens a malo. |
| 2 | And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters. | Natique sunt ei septem filii, et tres filiae. |
| 3 | And his possession was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a family exceeding great: and this man was great among all the people of the east. | Et fuit possessio eius septem millia ovium, et tria millia camelorum, quingenta quoque iuga boum, et quingentae asinae, ac familia multa nimis: eratque vir ille magnus inter omnes orientales. |
| 4 | And his sons went, and made a feast by houses every one in his day. And sending they called their three sisters to eat and drink with them. | Et ibant filii eius, et faciebant convivium per domos, unusquisque in die suo. Et mittentes vocabant tres sorores suas, ut comederent et biberent cum eis. |
| 5 | And when the days of their feasting were gone about, Job sent to them, and sanctified them: and rising up early offered holocausts for every one of them. For he said: Lest perhaps my sons have sinned, and have blessed God in their hearts. So did Job all days. | Cumque in orbem transissent dies convivii, mittebat ad eos Iob, et sanctificabat illos: consurgensque diluculo, offerebat holocausta pro singulis. Dicebat enim: Ne forte peccaverint filii mei, et benedixerint Deo in cordibus suis. Sic faciebat Iob cunctis diebus. |
| 6 | Now on a certain day when the sons of God came to stand before the Lord, Satan also was present among them. | Quadam autem die, cum venissent filii Dei ut assisterent coram Domino, affuit inter eos etiam Satan. |
| 7 | And the Lord said to him: Whence comest thou? And he answered and said: I have gone round about the earth, and walked through it. | Cui dixit Dominus: Unde venis? Qui respondens, ait: Circuivi terram, et perambulavi eam. |
| 8 | And the Lord said to him: Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a simple and upright man, and fearing God, and avoiding evil? | Dixitque Dominus ad eum: Numquid considerasti servum meum Iob, quod non sit ei similis in terra, homo simplex et rectus, ac timens Deum, et recedens a malo? |
| 9 | And Satan answering, said: Doth Job fear God in vain? | Cui respondens Satan, ait: Numquid Iob frustra timet Deum? |
| 10 | Hast not thou made a fence for him, and his house, and all his substance round about, blessed the works of his hands, and his possession hath increased on the earth? | nonne tu vallasti eum, ac domum eius, universamque substantiam per circuitum; operibus manuum eius benedixisti, et possessio eius crevit in terra? |
| 11 | But stretch forth thy hand a little, and touch all that he hath, and see if he blesseth thee not to thy face. | sed extende paululum manum tuam et tange cuncta quae possidet, nisi in faciem benedixerit tibi. |
| 12 | Then the Lord said to Satan: Behold, all that he hath is in thy hand: only put not forth thy hand upon his person. And Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord. | Dixit ergo Dominus ad Satan: Ecce universa quae habet in manu tua sunt: tantum in eum ne extendas manum tuam. Egressusque est Satan a facie Domini. |
| 13 | Now upon a certain day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their eldest brother, | Cum autem quadam die filii et filiae eius comederent et biberent vinum in domo fratris sui primogeniti, |
| 14 | There came a messenger to Job, and said: The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them, | nuntius venit ad Iob, qui diceret: Boves arabant, et asinae pascebantur iuxta eos: |
| 15 | And the Sabeans rushed in, and took all away, and slew the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell thee. | et irruerunt Sabaei, tuleruntque omnia, et pueros percusserunt gladio: et evasi ego solus, ut nuntiarem tibi. |
| 16 | And while he was yet speaking, another came, and said: The fire of God fell from heaven, and striking the sheep and the servants, hath consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell thee. | Cumque adhuc ille loqueretur, venit alter, et dixit: Ignis Dei cecidit e caelo, et tactas oves puerosque consumpsit: et effugi ego solus, ut nuntiarem tibi. |
| 17 | And while he also was yet speaking, there came another, and said: The Chaldeans made three troops, and have fallen upon the camels, and taken them, moreover they have slain the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell thee. | Sed et illo adhuc loquente, venit alius, et dixit: Chaldaei fecerunt tres turmas, et invaserunt camelos, et tulerunt eos, necnon et pueros percusserunt gladio: et ego fugi solus, ut nuntiarem tibi. |
| 18 | He was yet speaking, and behold another came in, and said: Thy sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their elder brother: | Adhuc loquebatur ille, et ecce alius intravit, et dixit: Filiis tuis et filiabus vescentibus et bibentibus vinum in domo fratris sui primogeniti, |
| 19 | A violent wind came on a sudden from the side of the desert, and shook the four corners of the house, and it fell upon thy children and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to fell thee. | repente ventus vehemens irruit a regione deserti, et concussit quatuor angulos domus: quae corruens oppressit liberos tuos, et mortui sunt: et effugi ego solus, ut nuntiarem tibi. |
| 20 | Then Job rose up, and rent his garments, and having shaven his head fell down upon the ground and worshipped, | Tunc surrexit Iob, et scidit vestimenta sua: et tonso capite corruens in terram, adoravit, |
| 21 | And said: Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away: as it hath pleased the Lord so is it done: blessed be the name of the Lord. | et dixit: Nudus egressus sum de utero matris meae, et nudus revertar illuc. Dominus dedit, Dominus abstulit; sicut Domino placuit, ita factum est. Sit nomen Domini benedictum. |
| 22 | In all these things Job sinned not by his lips, nor spoke he any foolish thing against God. | In omnibus his non peccavit Iob labiis suis, neque stultum quid contra Deum locutus est. |
