Comparison
Proverbs 1
Douay-Rheims and Vulgata Clementina, verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The parables of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel. | Parabolae Salomonis, filii David, regis Israël, |
| 2 | To know wisdom, and instruction: | ad sciendam sapientiam et disciplinam; |
| 3 | To understand the words of prudence: and to receive the instruction of doctrine, justice, and judgment, and equity: | ad intelligenda verba prudentiae, et suscipiendam eruditionem doctrinae, iustitiam, et iudicium, et aequitatem: |
| 4 | To give subtilty to little ones, to the young man knowledge and understanding. | ut detur parvulis astutia, adolescenti scientia et intellectus. |
| 5 | A wise man shall hear and shall be wiser: and he that understandeth, shall possess governments. | Audiens sapiens, sapientior erit, et intelligens gubernacula possidebit. |
| 6 | He shall understand a parable, and the interpretation, the words of the wise, and their mysterious sayings. | Animadvertet parabolam et interpretationem, verba sapientum et aenigmata eorum. |
| 7 | The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Fools despise wisdom and instruction. | Timor Domini principium sapientiae; sapientiam atque doctrinam stulti despiciunt. |
| 8 | My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: | Audi, fili mi, disciplinam patris tui, et ne dimittas legem matris tuae: |
| 9 | That grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy neck. | ut addatur gratia capiti tuo, et torques collo tuo. |
| 10 | My son, if sinners shall entice thee, consent not to them. | Fili mi, si te lactaverint peccatores, ne acquiescas eis. |
| 11 | If they shall say: Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us hide snares for the innocent without cause: | Si dixerint: Veni nobiscum, insidiemur sanguini; abscondamus tendiculas contra insontem frustra; |
| 12 | Let us swallow him up alive like hell, and whole as one that goeth down into the pit. | deglutiamus eum sicut infernus viventem, et integrum quasi descendentem in lacum; |
| 13 | We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoils. | omnem pretiosam substantiam reperiemus; implebimus domos nostras spoliis: |
| 14 | Cast in thy lot with us, let us all have one purse. | sortem mitte nobiscum, marsupium unum sit omnium nostrum: |
| 15 | My son, walk not thou with them, restrain thy foot from their paths. | fili mi, ne ambules cum eis; prohibe pedem tuum a semitis eorum: |
| 16 | For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. | pedes enim illorum ad malum currunt, et festinant ut effundant sanguinem. |
| 17 | But a net is spread in vain before the eyes of them that have wings. | Frustra autem iacitur rete ante oculos pennatorum. |
| 18 | And they themselves lie in wait for their own blood, and practise deceits against their own souls. | Ipsi quoque contra sanguinem suum insidiantur, et moliuntur fraudes contra animas suas. |
| 19 | So the wage of every covetous man destroy the souls of the possessors. | Sic semitae omnis avari: animas possidentium rapiunt. |
| 20 | Wisdom preacheth abroad, she uttereth her voice in the streets: | Sapientia foris praedicat; in plateis dat vocem suam: |
| 21 | At the head of multitudes she crieth out, in the entrance of the gates of the city she uttereth her words, saying: | in capite turbarum clamitat; in foribus portarum urbis profert verba sua, dicens: |
| 22 | O children, how long will you love childishness, and fools covet those things which are hurtful to themselves, and the unwise hate knowledge? | Usquequo, parvuli, diligitis infantiam, et stulti ea quae sibi sunt noxia cupient, et imprudentes odibunt scientiam? |
| 23 | Turn ye at my reproof: behold I will utter my spirit to you, and will shew you my words. | convertimini ad correptionem meam. En proferam vobis spiritum meum, et ostendam vobis verba mea. |
| 24 | Because I called, and you refused: I stretched out my hand, and there was none that regarded. | Quia vocavi, et renuistis; extendi manum meam, et non fuit qui aspiceret: |
| 25 | You have despised all my counsel, and have neglected my reprehensions. | despexistis omne consilium meum, et increpationes meas neglexistis. |
| 26 | I also will laugh in your destruction, and will mock when that shall come to you which you feared. | Ego quoque in interitu vestro ridebo, et subsannabo cum vobis id quod timebatis advenerit. |
| 27 | When sudden calamity shall fall on you, and destruction, as a tempest, shall be at hand: when tribulation and distress shall come upon you: | Cum irruerit repentina calamitas, et interitus quasi tempestas ingruerit; quando venerit super vos tribulatio et angustia: |
| 28 | Then shall they call upon me, and I will not hear: they shall rise in the morning and shall not find me: | tunc invocabunt me, et non exaudiam; mane consurgent, et non invenient me: |
| 29 | Because they have hated instruction and received not the fear of the Lord, | eo quod exosam habuerint disciplinam, et timorem Domini non susceperint, |
| 30 | Nor consented to my counsel, but despised all my reproof. | nec acquieverint consilio meo, et detraxerint universae correptioni meae. |
| 31 | Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and shall be filled with their own devices. | Comedent igitur fructus viae suae, suisque consiliis saturabuntur. |
| 32 | The turning away of little ones shall kill them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. | Aversio parvulorum interficiet eos, et prosperitas stultorum perdet illos. |
| 33 | But he that shall hear me, shall rest without terror, and shall enjoy abundance, without fear of evils. | Qui autem me audierit, absque terrore requiescet, et abundantia perfruetur, timore malorum sublato. |
