Comparison
Proverbs 24
Douay-Rheims and Vulgata Clementina, verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seek not to be like evil men, neither desire to be with them: | Ne aemuleris viros malos, nec desideres esse cum eis: |
| 2 | Because their mind studieth robberies, and their lips speak deceits. | quia rapinas meditatur mens eorum, et fraudes labia eorum loquuntur. |
| 3 | By wisdom the house shall be built, and by prudence it shall be strengthened. | Sapientia aedificabitur domus, et prudentia roborabitur. |
| 4 | By instruction the storerooms shall be filled with all precious and most beautiful wealth. | In doctrina replebuntur cellaria, universa substantia pretiosa et pulcherrima. |
| 5 | A wise man is strong: and a knowing man, stout and valiant. | Vir sapiens fortis est, et vir doctus robustus et validus: |
| 6 | Because war is managed by due ordering: and there shall be safety where there are many counsels. | quia cum dispositione initur bellum, et erit salus ubi multa consilia sunt. |
| 7 | Wisdom is too high for a fool, in the gate he shall not open his mouth. | Excelsa stulto sapientia; in porta non aperiet os suum. |
| 8 | He that deviseth to do evils, shall be called a fool. | Qui cogitat mala facere stultus vocabitur: |
| 9 | The thought of a fool is sin: and the detracter is the abomination of men. | cogitatio stulti peccatum est, et abominatio hominum detractor. |
| 10 | If thou lose hope being weary in the day of distress, thy strength shall be diminished. | Si desperaveris lassus in die angustiae, imminuetur fortitudo tua. |
| 11 | Deliver them that are led to death: and those that are drawn to death forbear not to deliver. | Erue eos qui ducuntur ad mortem, et qui trahuntur ad interitum, liberare ne cesses. |
| 12 | If thou say: I have not strength enough: he that seeth into the heart, he understandeth, and nothing deceiveth the keeper of thy soul, and he shall render to a man according to his works. | Si dixeris: Vires non suppetunt; qui inspector est cordis ipse intelligit: et servatorem animae tuae nihil fallit, reddetque homini iuxta opera sua. |
| 13 | Fat honey, my son, because it is good, and the honeycomb most sweet to thy throat: | Comede, fili mi, mel, quia bonum est, et favum dulcissimum gutturi tuo. |
| 14 | So also is the doctrine of wisdom to thy soul: which when thou hast found, thou shalt have hope in the end, and thy hope shall not perish. | Sic et doctrina sapientiae animae tuae: quam cum inveneris, habebis in novissimis spem, et spes tua non peribit. |
| 15 | Lie not in wait, nor seek after wickedness in the house of the just, nor spoil his rest. | Ne insidieris, et quaeras impietatem in domo iusti, neque vastes requiem eius. |
| 16 | For a just mall shall fall seven times and shall rise again: but the wicked shall fall down into evil. | Septies enim cadet iustus, et resurget: impii autem corruent in malum. |
| 17 | When thy enemy shall fall, be not glad, and in his ruin let not thy heart rejoice: | Cum ceciderit inimicus tuus ne gaudeas, et in ruina eius ne exsultet cor tuum: |
| 18 | Lest the Lord see, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. | ne forte videat Dominus, et displiceat ei, et auferat ab eo iram suam. |
| 19 | Contend not with the wicked, nor seek to be like the ungodly: | Ne contendas cum pessimis, nec aemuleris impios: |
| 20 | For evil men have no hope of things to come, and the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. | quoniam non habent futurorum spem mali, et lucerna impiorum extinguetur. |
| 21 | My son, fear the Lord and the king: and have nothing to do with detracters. | Time Dominum, fili mi, et regem, et cum detractoribus non commiscearis: |
| 22 | For their destruction shall rise suddenly: and who knoweth the ruin of both? | quoniam repente consurget perditio eorum, et ruinam utriusque quis novit? |
| 23 | These things also to the wise: It is not good to have respect to persons in judgment. | Haec quoque sapientibus. Cognoscere personam in iudicio non est bonum. |
| 24 | They that say to the wicked man: Thou art just: shall be cursed by the people, and the tribes shall abhor them. | Qui dicunt impio: Iustus es: maledicent eis populi, et detestabuntur eos tribus. |
| 25 | They that rebuke him, shall be praised: and a blessing shall come upon them. | Qui arguunt eum laudabuntur, et super ipsos veniet benedictio. |
| 26 | He shall kiss the lips, who answereth right words. | Labia deosculabitur qui recta verba respondet. |
| 27 | Prepare thy work without, and diligently till thy ground: that afterward thou mayst build thy house. | Praepara foris opus tuum, et diligenter exerce agrum tuum, ut postea aedifices domum tuam. |
| 28 | Be not witness without cause against thy neighbour: and deceive not any man with thy lips. | Ne sis testis frustra contra proximum tuum, nec lactes quemquam labiis tuis. |
| 29 | Say not: I will do to him as he hath done to me: I will render to every one according to his work. | Ne dicas: Quomodo fecit mihi, sic faciam ei; reddam unicuique secundum opus suum. |
| 30 | I passed by the field of the slothful man, and by the vineyard of the foolish man: | Per agrum hominis pigri transivi, et per vineam viri stulti: |
| 31 | And behold it was all filled with nettles, and thorns had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall was broken down. | et ecce totum repleverant urticae, et operuerant superficiem eius spinae, et maceria lapidum destructa erat. |
| 32 | Which when I had seen, I laid it up in my heart, and by the example I received instruction. | Quod cum vidissem, posui in corde meo, et exemplo didici disciplinam. |
| 33 | Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest: | Parum, inquam, dormies, modicum dormitabis; pauxillum manus conseres ut quiescas: |
| 34 | And poverty shall come to thee as a runner, and beggary as an armed man. | et veniet tibi quasi cursor egestas, et mendicitas quasi vir armatus. |
