Comparison
Job 28
Douay-Rheims and Vulgata Clementina, verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Silver hath beginnings of its veins, and gold hath a place wherein it is melted. | Habet argentum venarum suarum principia, et auro locus est in quo conflatur. |
| 2 | Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone melted with heat is turned into brass. | Ferrum de terra tollitur, et lapis solutus calore in aes vertitur. |
| 3 | He hath set a time for darkness, and the end of all things he considereth, the stone also that is in the dark and the shadow of death. | Tempus posuit tenebris, et universorum finem ipse considerat: lapidem quoque caliginis et umbram mortis. |
| 4 | The flood divideth from the people that are on their journey, those whom the food of the needy man hath forgotten, and who cannot be come at. | Dividit torrens a populo peregrinante eos quos oblitus est pes egentis hominis, et invios. |
| 5 | The land, out of which bread grew in its place, hath been overturned with fire. | Terra de qua oriebatur panis, in loco suo igni subversa est. |
| 6 | The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and the clods of it are gold. | Locus sapphiri lapides eius, et glebae illius aurum. |
| 7 | The bird hath not known the path, neither hath the eye of the vulture beheld it. | Semitam ignoravit avis, nec intuitus est eam oculus vulturis. |
| 8 | The children of the merchants have not trodden it, neither hath the lioness passed by it. | Non calcaverunt eam filii institorum, nec pertransivit per eam leaena. |
| 9 | He hath stretched forth his hand to the flint, he hath overturned mountains from the roots. | Ad silicem extendit manum suam: subvertit a radicibus montes. |
| 10 | In the rocks he hath cut out rivers, and his eye hath seen every precious thing. | In petris rivos excidit, et omne pretiosum vidit oculus eius. |
| 11 | The depths also of rivers he hath searched, and hidden things he hath brought forth to light. | Profunda quoque fluviorum scrutatus est, et abscondita in lucem produxit. |
| 12 | But where is wisdom to be found, and where is the place of understanding? | Sapientia vero ubi invenitur? et quis est locus intelligentiae? |
| 13 | Man knoweth not the price thereof, neither is it found in the land of them that live in delights. | Nescit homo pretium eius, nec invenitur in terra suaviter viventium. |
| 14 | The depth saith: It is not in me: and the sea saith: It is not with me. | Abyssus dicit: Non est in me, et mare loquitur: Non est mecum. |
| 15 | The finest gold shall not purchase it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it. | Non dabitur aurum obrizum pro ea, nec appendetur argentum in commutatione eius. |
| 16 | It shall not be compared with the dyed colours of India, or with the most precious stone sardonyx, or the sapphire. | Non conferetur tinctis Indiae coloribus, nec lapidi sardonycho pretiosissimo vel sapphiro. |
| 17 | Gold or crystal cannot equal it, neither shall any vessels of gold be changed for it. | Non adaequabitur ei aurum vel vitrum, nec commutabuntur pro ea vasa auri. |
| 18 | High and eminent things shall not be mentioned in comparison of it: but wisdom is drawn out of secret places. | Excelsa et eminentia non memorabuntur comparatione eius: trahitur autem sapientia de occultis. |
| 19 | The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equal to it, neither shall it be compared to the cleanest dyeing. | Non adaequabitur ei topazius de Aethiopia, nec tincturae mundissimae componetur. |
| 20 | Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? | Unde ergo sapientia venit? et quis est locus intelligentiae? |
| 21 | It is hid from the eyes of all living. and the fowls of the air know it not. | Abscondita est ab oculis omnium viventium: volucres quoque caeli latet. |
| 22 | Destruction and death have said: With our ears we have heard the fame thereof. | Perditio et mors dixerunt: Auribus nostris audivimus famam eius. |
| 23 | God understandeth the way of it, and he knoweth the place thereof. | Deus intelligit viam eius, et ipse novit locum illius. |
| 24 | For he beholdeth the ends of the world: and looketh on all things that are under heaven. | Ipse enim fines mundi intuetur, et omnia quae sub caelo sunt respicit. |
| 25 | Who made a weight for the winds and weighed the waters by measure. | Qui fecit ventis pondus, et aquas appendit in mensura. |
| 26 | When he gave a law for the rain, and a way for the sounding storms. | Quando ponebat pluviis legem, et viam procellis sonantibus: |
| 27 | Then he saw it, and declared, and prepared, and searched it. | tunc vidit illam et enarravit, et praeparavit, et investigavit. |
| 28 | And he said to man: Behold the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom: and to depart from evil, is understanding. | Et dixit homini: Ecce timor Domini, ipsa est sapientia; et recedere a malo, intelligentia. |
