Comparison
Proverbs 24
Douay-Rheims, Vulgata Clementina and Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587), verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seek not to be like evil men, neither desire to be with them: | Ne aemuleris viros malos, nec desideres esse cum eis: | Υἱέ, μὴ ζηλώσῃς κακοὺς ἄνδρας, μηδὲ ἐπιθυμήσῃς εἶναι μετʼ αὐτῶν. |
| 2 | Because their mind studieth robberies, and their lips speak deceits. | quia rapinas meditatur mens eorum, et fraudes labia eorum loquuntur. | Ψευδῆ γὰρ μελετᾷ ἡ καρδία αὐτῶν, καὶ πόνους τὰ χείλη αὐτῶν λαλεῖ. |
| 3 | By wisdom the house shall be built, and by prudence it shall be strengthened. | Sapientia aedificabitur domus, et prudentia roborabitur. | Μετὰ σοφίας οἰκοδομεῖται οἶκος, καὶ μετὰ συνέσεως ἀνορθοῦται. |
| 4 | By instruction the storerooms shall be filled with all precious and most beautiful wealth. | In doctrina replebuntur cellaria, universa substantia pretiosa et pulcherrima. | Μετὰ αἰσθήσεως ἐμπίμπλανται ταμιεῖα ἐκ παντὸς πλούτου τιμίου καὶ καλοῦ. |
| 5 | A wise man is strong: and a knowing man, stout and valiant. | Vir sapiens fortis est, et vir doctus robustus et validus: | Κρείσσων σοφὸς ἰσχυροῦ, καὶ ἀνὴρ φρόνησιν ἔχων γεωργίου μεγάλου. |
| 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. | Μετὰ κυβερνήσεως γίνεται πόλεμος, βοήθεια δὲ μετὰ καρδίας βουλευτικῆς. |
| 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. | Σοφία καὶ ἔννοια ἀγαθὴ ἐν πύλαις σοφῶν· σοφοὶ οὐκ ἐκκλίνουσιν ἐκ στόματος Κυρίου, |
| 8 | He that deviseth to do evils, shall be called a fool. | Qui cogitat mala facere stultus vocabitur: | ἀλλὰ λογίζονται ἐν συνεδρίοις· ἀπαιδεύτοις συναντᾷ θάνατος, |
| 9 | The thought of a fool is sin: and the detracter is the abomination of men. | cogitatio stulti peccatum est, et abominatio hominum detractor. | ἀποθνήσκει δὲ ἄφρων ἐν ἁμαρτίαις· ἀκαθαρσία δὲ ἀνδρὶ λοιμῷ, |
| 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. | ἐμμολυνθήσεται ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κακῇ, καὶ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ θλίψεως ἕως ἂν ἐκλίπῃ. |
| 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. | Ῥῦσαι ἀγομένους εἰς θάνατον, καὶ ἐκπρίου κτεινομένους, μὴ φείσῃ. |
| 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. | Ἐὰν δὲ εἴπῃς, οὐκ οἶδα τοῦτον, γίνωσκε, ὅτι Κύριος καρδίας πάντων γινώσκει· καὶ ὁ πλάσας πνοὴν πᾶσιν, αὐτὸς οἶδε πάντα, ὃς ἀποδίδωσιν ἑκάστῳ κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ. |
| 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. | Φάγε μέλι υἱὲ, ἀγαθὸν γὰρ κηρίον, ἵνα γλυκανθῇ σου ὁ φάρυγξ. |
| 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. | Οὕτως αἰσθητήσῃ σοφίαν τῇ σῇ ψυχῇ· ἐὰν γὰρ εὕρῃς, ἔσται καλὴ ἡ τελευτή σου, καὶ ἐλπίς σε οὐκ ἐγκαταλείψει. |
| 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. | Μὴ προσαγάγῃς ἀσεβῆ νομῇ δικαίων, μηδὲ ἀπατηθῇς χορτασίᾳ κοιλίας. |
| 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. | Ἑπτάκις γὰρ πεσεῖται δίκαιος καὶ ἀναστήσεται, οἱ δὲ ἀσεβεῖς ἀσθενήσουσιν ἐν κακοῖς. |
| 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: | Ἐὰν πέσῃ ὁ ἐχθρός σου, μὴ ἐπιχαρῇς αὐτῷ, ἐν δὲ τῷ ὑποσκελίσματι αὐτοῦ μὴ ἐπαίρου. |
| 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. | Ὅτι ὄψεται Κύριος καὶ οὐκ ἀρέσει αὐτῷ, καὶ ἀποστρέψει τὸν θυμὸν αὐτοῦ ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ. |
| 19 | Contend not with the wicked, nor seek to be like the ungodly: | Ne contendas cum pessimis, nec aemuleris impios: | Μὴ χαῖρε ἐπὶ κακοποιοῖς, μηδὲ ζήλου ἁμαρτωλούς. |
| 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. | Οὐ γὰρ μὴ γένηται ἔκγονα πονηρῷ, λαμπτὴρ δὲ ἀσεβῶν σβεσθήσεται. |
| 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: | Φοβοῦ τὸν Θεὸν υἱὲ, καὶ βασιλέα, καὶ μηθʼ ἑτέρῳ αὐτῶν ἀπειθήσῃς. |
| 22 | For their destruction shall rise suddenly: and who knoweth the ruin of both? | quoniam repente consurget perditio eorum, et ruinam utriusque quis novit? | Ἐξαίφνης γὰρ τίσονται τοὺς ἀσεβεῖς, τὰς δὲ τιμωρίας ἀμφοτέρων τίς γνώσεται; Λόγον φυλασσόμενος υἱὸς ἀπωλείας ἐκτὸς ἔσται, [δεχόμενος δὲ ἐδέξατο αὐτόν· μηδὲν ψεῦδος ἀπὸ γλώσσης βασιλεῖ λεγέσθω, καὶ οὐδὲν ψεῦδος ἀπὸ γλώσσης αὐτοῦ οὐ μή ἐξέλθῃ· μάχαιρα γλῶσσα βασιλέως καὶ οὐ σαρκίνη, ὃς δʼ ἂν παραδοθῇ συντριβήσεται· ἐὰν γὰρ ὀξυνθῇ ὁ θυμὸς αὐτοῦ, σὺν νεύροις ἀνθρώπους ἀναλίσκει, καὶ ὀστᾶ ἀνθρώπων κατατρώγει, καὶ συγκαίει ὥσπερ φλὸξ, ὥστε ἄβρωτα εἶναι νεοσσοῖς ἀετῶν· τοὺς ἐμοὺς λόγους υἱὲ φοβήθητι, καὶ δεξάμενος αὐτοὺς μετανόει.] Τάδε λέγει ὁ ἀνὴρ τοῖς πιστεύουσι Θεῷ, καὶ παύομαι. Ἀφρονέστατος γάρ εἰμι ἁπάντων ἀνθρώπων, καὶ φρόνησις ἀνθρώπων οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν ἐμοί. Θεὸς δεδίδαχέ με σοφίαν, καὶ γνῶσιν ἁγίων ἔγνωκα. Τίς ἀνέβη εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ κατέβη; τίς συνήγαγεν ἀνέμους ἐν κόλπῳ; τίς συνέστρεψεν ὕδωρ ἐν ἱματίῳ; τίς ἐκράτησε πάντων τῶν ἄκρων τῆς γῆς; τί ὄνομα αὐτῷ; ἢ τί ὄνομα τοῖς τέκνοις αὐτοῦ; Πάντες γὰρ λόγοι Θεοῦ πεπυρωμένοι, ὑπερασπίζει δὲ αὐτὸς τῶν εὐλαβουμένων αὐτόν. Μὴ προσθῇς τοῖς λόγοις αὐτοῦ, ἵνα μὴ ἐλέγξῃ σε, καὶ ψευδὴς γένῃ. Δύο αἰτοῦμαι παρὰ σοῦ, μὴ ἀφέλῃς μου χάριν πρὸ τοῦ ἀποθανεῖν με. Μάταιον λόγον καὶ ψευδῆ μακράν μου ποίησον, πλοῦτον δὲ καὶ πενίαν μή μοι δῷς, σύνταξον δέ μοι τὰ δέοντα καὶ τὰ αὐτάρκη· Ἵνα μὴ πλησθεὶς ψευδὴς γένωμαι, καὶ εἴπω, τίς με ὁρᾷ; ἢ πενηθεὶς κλέψω, καὶ ὀμόσω τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Θεοῦ. Μὴ παραδῷς οἰκέτην εἰς χεῖρας δεσπότου, μήποτε καταράσηταί σε καὶ ἀφανισθῇς. Ἔκγονον κακὸν πατέρα καταρᾶται, τὴς δὲ μητέρα οὐκ εὐλογεῖ. Ἔκγονον κακὸν δίκαιον ἑαυτὸν κρίνει, τὴν δʼ ἔξοδον αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἀπένιψεν. Ἔκγονον κακὸν ὑψηλοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἔχει, τοῖς δὲ βλεφάροις αὐτοῦ ἐπαίρεται. Ἔκγονον κακὸν μαχαίρας τοὺς ὀδόντας ἔχει, καὶ τὰς μύλας, τομίδας, ὥστε ἀναλίσκειν καὶ κατεσθίειν τοὺς ταπεινοὺς ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς, καὶ τοὺς πένητας αὐτῶν ἐξ ἀνθρώπων. |
| 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. | Ταῦτα δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν τοῖς σοφοῖς ἐπιγινώσκειν· αἰδεῖσθαι πρόσωπον ἐν κρίσει οὐ καλόν. |
| 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. | Ὁ εἰπὼν τὸν ἀσεβῆ, δίκαιός ἐστιν, ἐπικατάρατος λαοῖς ἔσται καὶ μισητὸς εἰς ἔθνη. |
| 25 | They that rebuke him, shall be praised: and a blessing shall come upon them. | Qui arguunt eum laudabuntur, et super ipsos veniet benedictio. | Οἱ δὲ ἐλέγχοντες βελτίους φανοῦνται, ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς δὲ ἥξει εὐλογία· |
| 26 | He shall kiss the lips, who answereth right words. | Labia deosculabitur qui recta verba respondet. | χείλη δὲ φιλήσουσιν ἀποκρινόμενα λόγους ἀγαθούς. |
| 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. | Ἑτοίμαζε εἰς τὴν ἔξοδον τὰ ἔργα σου, καὶ παρασκευάζου εἰς τὸν ἀγρὸν, καὶ πορεύου κατόπισθέν μου, καὶ ἀνοικοδομήσεις τὸν οἶκόν σου. |
| 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. | Μὴ ἴσθι ψευδὴς μάρτυς ἐπὶ σὸν πολίτην, μηδὲ πλατύνου σοῖς χείλεσι. |
| 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. | Μὴ εἴπῃς, ὃν τρόπον ἐχρήσατό μοι, χρήσομαι αὐτῷ, τίσομαι δὲ αὐτὸν ἅ με ἠδίκησεν. |
| 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: | Ὥσπερ γεώργιον ἀνὴρ ἄφρων, καὶ ὥσπερ ἀμπελὼν ἄνθρωπος ἐνδεὴς φρενῶν. |
| 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. | Ἐὰν ἀφῇς αὐτὸν, χερσωθήσεται καὶ χορτομανήσει ὅλος, καὶ γίνεται ἐκλελειμμένος, οἱ δὲ φραγμοὶ τῶν λίθων αὐτοῦ κατασκάπτονται. |
| 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. | Ὕστερον ἐγὼ μετενόησα, ἐπέβλεψα τοῦ ἐκλέξασθαι παιδείαν. |
| 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: | Ὀλίγον νυστάζω, ὀλίγον δὲ καθυπνῶ, ὀλίγον δὲ ἐναγκαλίζομαι χερσὶ στήθη. |
| 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. | Ἐὰν δὲ τοῦτο ποιῇς, ἥξει προπορευομένη ἡ πενία σου, καὶ ἡ ἔνδειά σου ὥσπερ ἀγαθὸς δρομεύς. |
