Comparison
Proverbs 2
Douay-Rheims and Vulgata Clementina, verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and wilt hide my commandments with thee, | Fili mi, si susceperis sermones meos, et mandata mea absconderis penes te: |
| 2 | That thy ear may hearken to wisdom: Incline thy heart to know prudence: | ut audiat sapientiam auris tua, inclina cor tuum ad cognoscendam prudentiam. |
| 3 | For if thou shalt call for wisdom, and incline thy heart to prudence: | Si enim sapientiam invocaveris, et inclinaveris cor tuum prudentiae; |
| 4 | If thou shalt seek her as money, and shalt dig for her as for a treasure: | si quaesieris eam quasi pecuniam, et sicut thesauros effoderis illam: |
| 5 | Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and shalt find the knowledge of God. | tunc intelliges timorem Domini, et scientiam Dei invenies, |
| 6 | Because the Lord giveth wisdom: and out of his mouth cometh prudence and knowledge. | quia Dominus dat sapientiam, et ex ore eius prudentia et scientia. |
| 7 | He will keep the salvation of the righteous, and protect them that walk in simplicity. | Custodiet rectorum salutem, et proteget gradientes simpliciter, |
| 8 | Keeping the paths of justice, and guarding the ways of saints. | servans semitas iustitiae, et vias sanctorum custodiens. |
| 9 | Then shalt thou understand justice, and judgment, and equity, and every good path. | Tunc intelliges iustitiam, et iudicium, et aequitatem, et omnem semitam bonam. |
| 10 | If wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge please thy soul: | Si intraverit sapientia cor tuum, et scientia animae tuae placuerit, |
| 11 | Counsel shall keep thee, and prudence shall preserve thee, | consilium custodiet te, et prudentia servabit te: |
| 12 | That thou mayst be delivered from the evil way, and from the man that speaketh perverse things: | ut eruaris a via mala, et ab homine qui perversa loquitur; |
| 13 | Who leave the right way, and walk by dark ways: | qui relinquunt iter rectum, et ambulant per vias tenebrosas; |
| 14 | Who are glad when they have done evil, and rejoice in most wicked things: | qui laetantur cum malefecerint, et exsultant in rebus pessimis; |
| 15 | Whose ways are perverse, and their steps infamous. | quorum viae perversae sunt, et infames gressus eorum. |
| 16 | That thou mayst be delivered from the strange women, and from the stranger, who softeneth her words: | Ut eruaris a muliere aliena, et ab extranea quae mollit sermones suos, |
| 17 | And forsaketh the guide of her youth, | et relinquit ducem pubertatis suae, |
| 18 | And hath forgotten the covenant of her God: for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths to hell. | et pacti Dei sui oblita est. Inclinata est enim ad mortem domus eius, et ad inferos semitae ipsius. |
| 19 | None that go in unto her shall return again, neither shall they take hold of the paths of life, | Omnes qui ingrediuntur ad eam non revertentur, nec apprehendent semitas vitae. |
| 20 | That thou mayst walk in a good way: and mayst keep the paths of the just. | Ut ambules in via bona, et calles iustorum custodias: |
| 21 | For they that are upright shall dwell in the earth, and the simple shall continue in it. | qui enim recti sunt habitabunt in terra, et simplices permanebunt in ea; |
| 22 | But the wicked shall be destroyed from the earth: and they that do unjustly shall be taken away from it. | impii vero de terra perdentur, et qui inique agunt auferentur ex ea. |
