Comparison
Proverbs 27
Douay-Rheims, Vulgata Clementina and Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587), verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boast not for tomorrow, for thou knowest not what the day to come may bring forth. | Ne glorieris in crastinum, ignorans quid superventura pariat dies. | Μὴ καυχῶ τὰ εἰς αὔριον, οὐ γὰρ γινώσκεις τί τέξεται ἡ ἐπιοῦσα. |
| 2 | Let another praise thee, and not thy own mouth: a stranger, and not thy own lips. | Laudet te alienus, et non os tuum; extraneus, et non labia tua. | Ἐγκωμιαζέτω σε ὁ πέλας καὶ μὴ τὸ σὸν στόμα, ἀλλότριος καὶ μὴ τὰ σὰ χείλη. |
| 3 | A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both. | Grave est saxum, et onerosa arena, sed ira stulti utroque gravior. | Βαρὺ λίθος καὶ δυσβάστακτον ἄμμος, ὀργὴ δὲ ἄφρονος βαρυτέρα ἀμφοτέρων. |
| 4 | Anger hath no mercy, nor fury when it breaketh forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked? | Ira non habet misericordiam nec erumpens furor, et impetum concitati ferre quis poterit? | Ἀνελεήμων θυμὸς καὶ ὀξεῖα ὀργὴ, ἀλλʼ οὐδὲν ὑφίσταται ζῆλος. |
| 5 | Open rebuke is better than hidden love. | Melior est manifesta correptio quam amor absconditus. | Κρείσσους ἔλεγχοι ἀποκεκαλυμμένοι κρυπτομένης φιλίας. |
| 6 | Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy. | Meliora sunt vulnera diligentis quam fraudulenta oscula odientis. | Ἀξιοπιστότερά ἐστι τραύματα φίλου, ἢ ἑκούσια φιλήματα ἐχθροῦ. |
| 7 | A soul that is full shall tread upon the honeycomb: and a soul that is hungry shall take even bitter for sweet. | Anima saturata calcabit favum, et anima esuriens etiam amarum pro dulci sumet. | Ψυχὴ ἐν πλησμονῇ οὖσα κηρίοις ἐμπαίζει, ψυχῇ δὲ ἐνδεεῖ καὶ τὰ πικρὰ γλυκέα φαίνεται. |
| 8 | As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that leaveth his place. | Sicut avis transmigrans de nido suo, sic vir qui derelinquit locum suum. | Ὥσπερ ὅταν ὄρνεον καταπετασθῇ ἐκ τῆς ἰδίας νοσσιᾶς, οὕτως ἄνθρωπος δουλοῦται ὅταν ἀποξενωθῇ ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων τόπων. |
| 9 | Ointment and perfumes rejoice the heart: and the good counsels of a friend are sweet to the soul. | Unguento et variis odoribus delectatur cor, et bonis amici consiliis anima dulcoratur. | Μύροις καὶ οἴνοις καὶ θυμιάμασι τέρπεται καρδία, καταῤῥήγνυται δὲ ὑπὸ συμπτωμάτων ψυχή. |
| 10 | Thy own friend, and thy father’s friend forsake not: and go not into thy brother’s house in the day of thy affliction. Better is a neighbour that is near, than a brother afar off. | Amicum tuum et amicum patris tui ne dimiseris, et domum fratris tui ne ingrediaris in die afflictionis tuae. Melior est vicinus iuxta quam frater procul. | Φίλον σὸν ἢ φίλον πατρῷον μὴ ἐγκαταλίπῃς, εἰς δὲ τὸν οἶκον τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου μὴ εἰσέλθῃς ἀτυχῶν· κρείσσων φίλος ἐγγὺς, ἢ ἀδελφὸς μακρὰν οἰκῶν. |
| 11 | Study wisdom, my son, and make my heart joyful, that thou mayst give an answer to him that reproacheth. | Stude sapientiae, fili mi, et laetifica cor meum, ut possis exprobranti respondere sermonem. | Σοφὸς γίνου υἱὲ, ἵνα σου εὐφραίνηται ἡ καρδία, καὶ ἀπόστρεψον ἀπὸ σοῦ ἐπονειδίστους λόγους. |
| 12 | The prudent man seeing evil hideth himself: little ones passing on have suffered losses. | Astutus videns malum, absconditus est: parvuli transeuntes sustinuerunt dispendia. | Πανοῦργος κακῶν ἐπερχομένων ἀπεκρύβη, ἄφρονες δὲ ἐπελθόντες ζημίαν τίσουσιν. |
| 13 | Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers. | Tolle vestimentum eius qui spopondit pro extraneo, et pro alienis aufer ei pignus. | Ἀφελοῦ τὸ ἱμάτιον αὐτοῦ, παρῆλθε γὰρ ὑβριστὴς, ὅστις τὰ ἀλλότρια λυμαίνεται. |
| 14 | He that blesseth his neighbour with a loud voice, rising in the night, shall be like to him that curseth. | Qui benedicit proximo suo voce grandi, de nocte consurgens maledicenti similis erit. | Ὃς ἂν εὐλογῇ θίλον τοπρωῒ μεγάλῃ τῇ φωνῇ, καταρωμένου οὐδὲν διαφέρειν δόξει. |
| 15 | Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike. | Tecta perstillantia in die frigoris et litigiosa mulier comparantur. | Σταγόνες ἐκβάλλουσιν ἄνθρωπον ἐν ἡμέρᾳ χειμερινῇ ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου αὐτοῦ, ὡσαύτως καὶ γυνὴ λοίδορος ἐκ τοῦ ἰδίου οἴκου. |
| 16 | He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call in the oil of his right hand. | Qui retinet eam quasi qui ventum teneat, et oleum dexterae suae vocabit. | Βορέας σκληρὸς ἄνεμος, ὀνόματι δὲ ἐπιδέξιος καλεῖται. |
| 17 | Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. | Ferrum ferro exacuitur, et homo exacuit faciem amici sui. | Σίδηρος σίδηρον ὀξύνει, ἀνὴρ δὲ παροξύνει πρόσωπον ἑταίρου. |
| 18 | He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eat the fruit thereof: and he that is the keeper of his master, shall be glorified. | Qui servat ficum comedet fructus eius, et qui custos est domini sui glorificabitur. | Ὃς φυτεύει συκὴν φάγεται τοὺς καρποὺς αὐτῆς, ὃς δὲ φυλάσσει τὸν ἑαυτοῦ κύριον τιμηθήσεται. |
| 19 | As the faces of them that look therein, shine in the water, so-the hearts of men are laid open to the wise. | Quomodo in aquis resplendent vultus prospicientium, sic corda hominum manifesta sunt prudentibus. | Ὥσπερ οὐχ ὅμοια πρόσωπα προσώποις, οὕτως οὐδὲ αἱ διάνοιαι τῶν ἀνθρώπων. |
| 20 | Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied. | Infernus et perditio numquam implentur: similiter et oculi hominum insatiabiles. | Ἅδης καὶ ἀπώλεια οὐκ ἐμπίμπλανται, ὡσαύτως καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἄπληστοι· βδέλυγμα Κυρίῳ στηρίζων ὀφθαλμὸν, καὶ οἱ ἀπαίδευτοι ἀκρατεῖς γλώσσῃ. |
| 21 | As silver is tried in the fining-pot and gold in the furnace: so a man is tried by the mouth of him that praiseth. The heart of the wicked seeketh after evils, but the righteous heart seeketh after knowledge. | Quomodo probatur in conflatorio argentum et in fornace aurum, sic probatur homo ore laudantis. Cor iniqui inquirit mala, cor autem rectum inquirit scientiam. | Δοκίμιον ἀργυρίῳ καὶ χρυσῷ πύρωσις, ἀνὴρ δὲ δοκιμάζεται διὰ στόματος ἐγκωμιαζόντων αὐτόν. καρδία ἀνόμου ἐκζητεῖ κακὰ, καρδία δὲ εὐθὴς ζητεῖ γνῶσιν. |
| 22 | Though thou shouldst bray a fool in the mortar, as when a pestle striketh upon sodden barley, his folly would not be taken from him. | Si contuderis stultum in pila quasi ptisanas feriente desuper pilo, non auferetur ab eo stultitia eius. | Ἐὰν μαστιγοῖς ἄφρονα ἐν μέσῳ συνεδρίου ἀτιμάζων, οὐ μὴ περιέλῃς τὴν ἀφροσύνην αὐτοῦ. |
| 23 | Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks: | Diligenter agnosce vultum pecoris tui, tuosque greges considera: | Γνωστῶς ἐπιγνώσῃ ψυχὰς ποιμνίου σου, καὶ ἐπιστήσεις καρδίαν σου σαῖς ἀγέλαις. |
| 24 | For thou shalt not always have power: but a crown shall be given to generation and generation. | non enim habebis iugiter potestatem, sed corona tribuetur in generationem et generationem. | Ὅτι οὐκ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἀνδρὶ κράτος καὶ ἰσχὺς, οὐδὲ παραδίδωσιν ἐκ γενεᾶς εἰς γενεάν. |
| 25 | The meadows are open, and the green herbs have appeared, and the hay is gathered out of the mountains. | Aperta sunt prata, et apparuerunt herbae virentes, et collecta sunt foena de montibus. | Ἐπιμελοῦ τῶν ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ χλωρῶν, καὶ κερεῖς πόαν, καὶ σύναγε χόρτον ὀρεινὸν, |
| 26 | Lambs are for thy clothing: and kids for the price of the field. | Agni ad vestimentum tuum, et haedi ad agri pretium. | ἵνα ἔχῃς πρόβατα εἰς ἱματισμόν· τίμα πεδίον, ἵνα ὠσί σοι ἄρνες. |
| 27 | Let the milk of the goats be enough for thy food, and for the necessities of thy house, and for maintenance for thy handmaids. | Sufficiat tibi lac caprarum in cibos tuos, et in necessaria domus tuae, et ad victum ancillis tuis. | Υἱὲ, παρʼ ἐμοῦ ἔχεις ῥήσεις ἰσχυρὰς εἰς τὴν ζωήν σου, καὶ εἰς τὴν ζωὴν σῶν θεραπόντων. |
