Comparison
Proverbs 20
Douay-Rheims and Vulgata Clementina, verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wine is a luxurious thing, and drunkenness riotous: whosoever is delighted therewith shell not be wise. | Luxuriosa res vinum, et tumultuosa ebrietas: quicumque his delectatur non erit sapiens. |
| 2 | As the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king: he that provoketh him, sinneth against his own soul. | Sicut rugitus leonis, ita et terror regis: qui provocat eum peccat in animam suam. |
| 3 | It is an honour for a man to separate himself from quarrels: but all fools are meddling with reproaches. | Honor est homini qui separat se a contentionibus; omnes autem stulti miscentur contumeliis. |
| 4 | Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him. | Propter frigus piger arare noluit; mendicabit ergo aestate, et non dabitur illi. |
| 5 | Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water: but a wise man will draw it out. | Sicut aqua profunda, sic consilium in corde viri; sed homo sapiens exhauriet illud. |
| 6 | Many men are called merciful: but who shall find a faithful man? | Multi homines misericordes vocantur; virum autem fidelem quis inveniet? |
| 7 | The just that walketh in his simplicity, shall leave behind him blessed children. | Iustus qui ambulat in simplicitate sua beatos post se filios derelinquet. |
| 8 | The king, that sitteth on the throne of judgment, scattereth away all evil with his look. | Rex qui sedet in solio iudicii dissipat omne malum intuitu suo. |
| 9 | Who can say: My heart is clean, I am pure from sin? | Quis potest dicere: Mundum est cor meum; purus sum a peccato? |
| 10 | Diverse weights and diverse measures, both are abominable before God. | Pondus et pondus, mensura et mensura: utrumque abominabile est apud Deum. |
| 11 | By his inclinations a child is known, if his works be clean and right. | Ex studiis suis intelligitur puer, si munda et recta sint opera eius. |
| 12 | The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made them both. | Aurem audientem, et oculum videntem: Dominus fecit utrumque. |
| 13 | Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread. | Noli diligere somnum, ne te egestas opprimat: aperi oculos tuos, et saturare panibus. |
| 14 | It is nought, it is nought, saith every buyer: and when he is gone away, then he will boast. | Malum est, malum est, dicit omnis emptor; et cum recesserit, tunc gloriabitur. |
| 15 | There is gold, and a multitude of jewels: but the lips of knowledge are a precious vessel. | Est aurum et multitudo gemmarum, et vas pretiosum labia scientiae. |
| 16 | Take away the garment of him that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for strangers. | Tolle vestimentum eius qui fideiussor extitit alieni, et pro extraneis aufer pignus ab eo. |
| 17 | The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. | Suavis est homini panis mendacii, et postea implebitur os eius calculo. |
| 18 | Designs are strengthened by counsels: and wars are to be managed by governments. | Cogitationes consiliis roborantur, et gubernaculis tractanda sunt bella. |
| 19 | Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips. | Ei qui revelat mysteria, et ambulat fraudulenter, et dilatat labia sua, ne commiscearis. |
| 20 | He that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out in the midst of darkness. | Qui maledicit patri suo et matri, extinguetur lucerna eius in mediis tenebris: |
| 21 | The inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, in the end shall be without a blessing. | haereditas ad quam festinatur in principio, in novissimo benedictione carebit. |
| 22 | Say not: I will return evil: wait for the Lord and he will deliver thee. | Ne dicas: Reddam malum: exspecta Dominum, et liberabit te. |
| 23 | Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good. | Abominatio est apud Dominum pondus et pondus; statera dolosa non est bona. |
| 24 | The steps of man are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way? | A Domino diriguntur gressus viri: quis autem hominum intelligere potest viam suam? |
| 25 | It is ruin to a man to devour holy ones, and after vows to retract. | Ruina est homini devorare sanctos, et post vota retractare. |
| 26 | A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth over them the wheel. | Dissipat impios rex sapiens, et incurvat super eos fornicem. |
| 27 | The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, which searcheth all the hidden things of the bowels. | Lucerna Domini spiraculum hominis, quae investigat omnia secreta ventris. |
| 28 | Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is strengthened by clemency. | Misericordia et veritas custodiunt regem, et roboratur clementia thronus eius. |
| 29 | The joy of young men is their strength: and the dignity of old men, their grey hairs. | Exsultatio iuvenum fortitudo eorum, et dignitas senum canities. |
| 30 | The blueness of a wound shall wipe away evils: and stripes in the more inward parts of the belly. | Livor vulneris absterget mala, et plagae in secretioribus ventris. |
