Comparison
Wisdom 1
Douay-Rheims and Vulgata Clementina, verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Love justice, you that are the judges of the earth. Think of the Lord in goodness, and seek him in simplicity of heart. | Diligite iustitiam, qui iudicatis terram. Sentite de Domino in bonitate, et in simplicitate cordis quaerite illum: |
| 2 | For he is found by them that tempt him not: and he sheweth himself to them that have faith in him. | quoniam invenitur ab his qui non tentant illum, apparet autem eis qui fidem habent in illum. |
| 3 | For perverse thoughts separate from God: and his power, when it is tried, reproveth the unwise: | Perversae enim cogitationes separant a Deo; probata autem virtus corripit insipientes. |
| 4 | For wisdom will not enter into a malicious soul, nor dwell in a body subject to sins. | Quoniam in malevolam animam non introibit sapientia, nec habitabit in corpore subdito peccatis. |
| 5 | For the Holy Spirit of discipline will flee from the deceitful, and will withdraw himself from thoughts that are without understanding, and he shall not abide when iniquity cometh in. | Spiritus enim sanctus disciplinae effugiet fictum, et auferet se a cogitationibus quae sunt sine intellectu, et corripietur a superveniente iniquitate. |
| 6 | For the spirit of wisdom is benevolent, and will not acquit the evil speaker from his lips: for God is witness of his reins, and he is a true searcher of his heart, and a hearer of his tongue. | Benignus est enim spiritus sapientiae, et non liberabit maledicum a labiis suis: quoniam renum illius testis est Deus, et cordis illius scrutator est verus, et linguae eius auditor. |
| 7 | For the spirit of the Lord hath filled the whole world: and that, which containeth all things, hath knowledge of the voice. | Quoniam spiritus Domini replevit orbem terrarum, et hoc quod continet omnia, scientiam habet vocis. |
| 8 | Therefore he that speaketh unjust things cannot be hid, neither shall the chastising judgment pass him by. | Propter hoc qui loquitur iniqua non potest latere, nec praeteriet illum corripiens iudicium. |
| 9 | For inquisition shall be made into the thoughts of the ungodly: and the hearing of his words shall come to God, to the chastising of his iniquities. | In cogitationibus enim impii interrogatio erit; sermonum autem illius auditio ad Deum veniet, ad correptionem iniquitatum illius. |
| 10 | For the ear of jealousy heareth all things, and the tumult of murmuring shall not be hid. | Quoniam auris zeli audit omnia, et tumultus murmurationum non abscondetur. |
| 11 | Keep yourselves therefore from murmuring, which profiteth nothing, and refrain your tongue from detraction, for an obscure speech shall not go for nought: and the mouth that belieth, killeth the soul. | Custodite ergo vos a murmuratione quae nihil prodest, et a detractione parcite linguae: quoniam sermo obscurus in vacuum non ibit, os autem quod mentitur occidit animam. |
| 12 | Seek not death in the error of your life, neither procure ye destruction by the works of your hands. | Nolite zelare mortem in errore vitae vestrae, neque acquiratis perditionem in operibus manuum vestrarum. |
| 13 | For God made not death, neither hath he pleasure in the destruction of the living. | Quoniam Deus mortem non fecit, nec laetatur in perditione vivorum. |
| 14 | For he created all things that they might be: and he made the nations of the earth for health: and there is no poison of destruction in them, nor kingdom of hell upon the earth. | Creavit enim ut essent omnia, et sanabiles fecit nationes orbis terrarum: et non est in illis medicamentum exterminii, nec inferorum regnum in terra. |
| 15 | For justice is perpetual and immortal. | Iustitia enim perpetua est, et immortalis. |
| 16 | But the wicked with works and words have called it to them: and esteeming it a friend have fallen away, and have made a covenant with it: because they are worthy to be of the part thereof. | Impii autem manibus et verbis accersierunt illam, et aestimantes illam amicam, defluxerunt; et sponsiones posuerunt ad illam, quoniam digni sunt qui sint ex parte illius. |
