Comparison
Job 3
Douay-Rheims and Vulgata Clementina, verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day, | Post haec aperuit Iob os suum, et maledixit diei suo, |
| 2 | And he said: | et locutus est: |
| 3 | Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said: A man child is conceived. | Pereat dies in qua natus sum, et nox in qua dictum est: Conceptus est homo. |
| 4 | Let that day be turned into darkness, let not God regard it from above, and let not the light shine upon it. | Dies ille vertatur in tenebras: non requirat eum Deus desuper, et non illustretur lumine. |
| 5 | Let darkness, and the shadow of death cover it, let a mist overspread it, and let it be wrapped up in bitterness. | Obscurent eum tenebrae et umbra mortis; occupet eum caligo, et involvatur amaritudine. |
| 6 | Let a darksome whirlwind seize upon that night, let it not be counted in the days of the year, nor numbered in the months. | Noctem illam tenebrosus turbo possideat; non computetur in diebus anni, nec numeretur in mensibus. |
| 7 | Let that night be solitary, and not worthy of praise. | Sit nox illa solitaria, nec laude digna. |
| 8 | Let them curse it who curse the day. who are ready to raise up a leviathan: | Maledicant ei qui maledicunt diei, qui parati sunt suscitare Leviathan. |
| 9 | Let the stars be darkened with the mist thereof: let it expect light and not see it, nor the rising of the dawning of the day: | Obtenebrentur stellae caligine eius; expectet lucem, et non videat, nec ortum surgentis aurorae. |
| 10 | Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, nor took away evils from my eyes. | Quia non conclusit ostia ventris qui portavit me, nec abstulit mala ab oculis meis. |
| 11 | Why did I not die in the womb, why did I not perish when I came out of the belly? | Quare non in vulva mortuus sum? egressus ex utero non statim perii? |
| 12 | Why received upon the knees? why suckled at the breasts? | Quare exceptus genibus? cur lactatus uberibus? |
| 13 | For now I should have been asleep and still, and should have rest in my sleep. | Nunc enim dormiens silerem, et somno meo requiescerem |
| 14 | With kings and consuls of the earth, who build themselves solitudes: | cum regibus et consulibus terrae, qui aedificant sibi solitudines; |
| 15 | Or with princes, that possess gold, and All their houses with silver: | aut cum principibus qui possident aurum, et replent domos suas argento; |
| 16 | Or as a hidden untimely birth I should not be, or as they that being conceived have not seen the light. | aut sicut abortivum absconditum non subsisterem, vel qui concepti non viderunt lucem. |
| 17 | There the wicked cease from tumult, and there the wearied in strength are at rest. | Ibi impii cessaverunt a tumultu, et ibi requieverunt fessi robore. |
| 18 | And they sometime bound together without disquiet, have not heard the voice of the oppressor. | Et quondam vincti pariter sine molestia, non audierunt vocem exactoris. |
| 19 | The small and great are there, and the servant is free from his master. | Parvus et magnus ibi sunt, et servus liber a domino suo. |
| 20 | Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to them that are in bitterness of soul? | Quare misero data est lux, et vita his qui in amaritudine animae sunt: |
| 21 | That look for death, and it cometh not, as they that dig for a treasure: | qui expectant mortem, et non venit, quasi effodientes thesaurum; |
| 22 | And they rejoice exceedingly when they have found the grave. | gaudentque vehementer cum invenerint sepulchrum? |
| 23 | To a man whose way is hidden, and God hath surrounded him with darkness? | viro cuius abscondita est via et circumdedit eum Deus tenebris? |
| 24 | Before I eat I sigh: and as overflowing waters, so is my roaring: | Antequam comedam, suspiro; et tamquam inundantes aquae, sic rugitus meus: |
| 25 | For the fear which I feared hath come upon me: and that which I was afraid of, hath befallen me. | quia timor quem timebam evenit mihi, et quod verebar accidit. |
| 26 | Have I not dissembled? have I not kept silence? have I not been quiet? and indignation is come upon me. | Nonne dissimulavi? nonne silui? nonne quievi? et venit super me indignatio. |
