Comparison
Proverbs 5
Douay-Rheims and Vulgata Clementina, verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | My son, attend to my wisdom, and incline thy ear to my prudence. | Fili mi, attende ad sapientiam meam, et prudentiae meae inclina aurem tuam: |
| 2 | That thou mayst keep thoughts, and thy lips may preserve instruction. Mind not the deceit of a woman. | ut custodias cogitationes, et disciplinam labia tua conservent. Ne attendas fallaciae mulieris; |
| 3 | For the lips of a harlot are like a honeycomb dropping, and her throat is smoother than oil. | favus enim distillans labia meretricis, et nitidius oleo guttur eius: |
| 4 | But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword. | novissima autem illius amara quasi absinthium, et acuta quasi gladius biceps. |
| 5 | Her feet go down into death, and her steps go in as far as hell. | Pedes eius descendunt in mortem, et ad inferos gressus illius penetrant. |
| 6 | They walk not by the path of life, her steps are wandering, and unaccountable. | Per semitam vitae non ambulant; vagi sunt gressus eius et investigabiles. |
| 7 | Now therefore, my son, hear me, and depart not from the words of my mouth. | Nunc ergo fili mi, audi me, et ne recedas a verbis oris mei. |
| 8 | Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the doors of her house. | Longe fac ab ea viam tuam, et ne appropinques foribus domus eius. |
| 9 | Give not thy honour to strangers, and thy years to the cruel. | Ne des alienis honorem tuum, et annos tuos crudeli: |
| 10 | Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours be in another man’s house, | ne forte implentur extranei viribus tuis, et labores tui sint in domo aliena, |
| 11 | And thou mourn it the last, when thou shalt have spent thy flesh and thy body, and say: | et gemas in novissimis, quando consumpseris carnes tuas et corpus tuum, et dicas: |
| 12 | Why have I hated instruction, and my heart consented not to reproof, | Cur detestatus sum disciplinam, et increpationibus non acquievit cor meum, |
| 13 | And have not heard the voice of them that taught me, and have not inclined my ear to masters? | nec audivi vocem docentium me, et magistris non inclinavi aurem meam? |
| 14 | I have almost been in all evil, in the midst of the church and of the congregation. | pene fui in omni malo, in medio ecclesiae et synagogae. |
| 15 | Drink water out of thy own cistern, and the streams of thy own well: | Bibe aquam de cisterna tua, et fluenta putei tui; |
| 16 | Let thy fountains be conveyed abroad, and in the streets divide thy waters. | deriventur fontes tui foras, et in plateis aquas tuas divide. |
| 17 | Keep them to thyself alone, neither let strangers be partakers with thee. | Habeto eas solus, nec sint alieni participes tui. |
| 18 | Let thy vein be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of thy youth: | Sit vena tua benedicta, et laetare cum muliere adolescentiae tuae. |
| 19 | Let her be thy dearest hind, and most agreeable fawn: let her breasts inebriate thee at all times; he thou delighted continually with her love. | Cerva carissima, et gratissimus hinnulus: ubera eius inebrient te in omni tempore; in amore eius delectare iugiter. |
| 20 | Why art thou seduced, my son, by a strange woman, and art cherished in the bosom of another? | Quare seduceris, fili mi, ab aliena, et foveris in sinu alterius? |
| 21 | The Lord beholdeth the ways of man, and considereth all his steps. | Respicit Dominus vias hominis, et omnes gressus eius considerat. |
| 22 | His own iniquities catch the wicked, and he is fast bound with the ropes of his own sins. | Iniquitates suas capiunt impium, et funibus peccatorum suorum constringitur. |
| 23 | He shall die, because he hath not received instruction, and in the multitude of his folly he shall be deceived. | Ipse morietur, quia non habuit disciplinam, et in multitudine stultitiae suae decipietur. |
