Comparison
Wisdom 3
Douay-Rheims and Vulgata Clementina, verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | But the souls of the just are in the hand of God, and the torment of death shall not touch them. | Iustorum autem animae in manu Dei sunt, et non tangent illos tormentum mortis. |
| 2 | In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure was taken for misery: | Visi sunt oculis insipientium mori, et aestimata est afflictio exitus illorum, |
| 3 | And their going away from us, for utter destruction: but they are in peace. | et quod a nobis est iter exterminium; illi autem sunt in pace: |
| 4 | And though in the sight of men they suffered torments, their hope is full of immortality. | etsi coram hominibus tormenta passi sunt, spes illorum immortalitate plena est. |
| 5 | Afflicted in few things, in many they shall be well rewarded: because God hath tried them, and found them worthy of himself. | In paucis vexati sunt, in multis bene disponentur, quoniam Deus tentavit eos, et invenit illos dignos se. |
| 6 | As gold in the furnace he hath proved them, and as a victim of a holocaust he hath received them, and in time there shall be respect had to them. | Tamquam aurum in fornace probavit illos, et quasi holocausti hostiam accepit illos, et in tempore erit respectus illorum. |
| 7 | The just shall shine, and shall run to and fro like sparks among the reeds. | Fulgebunt iusti et tamquam scintillae in arundineto discurrent. |
| 8 | They shall judge nations, and rule over people, and their Lord shall reign for ever. | Iudicabunt nationes, et dominabuntur populis, et regnabit Dominus illorum in perpetuum. |
| 9 | They that trust in him, shall understand the truth: and they that are faithful in love shall rest in him: for grace and peace is to his elect. | Qui confidunt in illo intelligent veritatem, et fideles in dilectione acquiescent illi, quoniam donum et pax est electis eius. |
| 10 | But the wicked shall be punished according to their own devices: who have neglected the just, and have revolted from the Lord. | Impii autem secundum quae cogitaverunt correptionem habebunt: qui neglexerunt iustum, et a Domino recesserunt. |
| 11 | For he that rejecteth wisdom, and discipline, is unhappy: and their hope is vain, and their labours without fruit, and their works unprofitable. | Sapientiam enim et disciplinam qui abiicit infelix est: et vacua est spes illorum, et labores sine fructu, et inutilia opera eorum. |
| 12 | Their wives are foolish, and their children wicked. | Mulieres eorum insensatae sunt, et nequissimi filii eorum. |
| 13 | Their offspring is cursed: for happy is the barren: and the undefiled, that hath not known bed in sin: she shall have fruit in the visitation of holy souls. | Maledicta creatura eorum, quoniam felix est sterilis; et incoinquinata, quae nescivit thorum in delicto, habebit fructum in respectione animarum sanctarum; |
| 14 | And the eunuch, that hath not wrought iniquity with his hands, nor thought wicked things against God: for the precious gift of faith shall be given to him, and a most acceptable lot in the temple of God. | et spado qui non operatus est per manus suas iniquitatem, nec cogitavit adversus Deum nequissima: dabitur enim illi fidei donum electum, et sors in templo Dei acceptissima. |
| 15 | For the fruit of good labours is glorious, and the root of wisdom never faileth. | Bonorum enim laborum gloriosus est fructus, et quae non concidat radix sapientiae. |
| 16 | But the children of adulterers shall not come to perfection, and the seed of the unlawful bed shall be rooted out. | Filii autem adulterorum in inconsummatione erunt, et ab iniquo thoro semen exterminabitur. |
| 17 | And if they live long, they shall be nothing regarded, and their last old age shall be without honour. | Et si quidem longae vitae erunt, in nihilum computabuntur, et sine honore erit novissima senectus illorum: |
| 18 | And if they die quickly, they shall have no hope, nor speech of comfort in the day of trial. | et si celerius defuncti fuerint, non habebunt spem, nec in die agnitionis allocutionem. |
| 19 | For dreadful are the ends of a wicked race. | Nationis enim iniquae dirae sunt consummationes. |
