Comparison
Wisdom 4
Douay-Rheims and Vulgata Clementina, verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | O how beautiful is the chaste generation with glory: for the memory thereof is immortal: because it is known both with God and with men. | O quam pulchra est casta generatio, cum claritate! immortalis est enim memoria illius, quoniam et apud Deum nota est, et apud homines. |
| 2 | When it is present, they imitate it: and they desire it when it hath withdrawn itself, and it triumpheth crowned for ever, winning the reward of undefiled conflicts. | Cum praesens est, imitantur illam, et desiderant eam cum se eduxerit; et in perpetuum coronata triumphat, incoinquinatorum certaminum praemium vincens. |
| 3 | But the multiplied brood of the wicked shall not thrive, and bastard slips shall not take deep root, nor any fast foundation. | Multigena autem impiorum multitudo non erit utilis, et spuria vitulamina non dabunt radices altas, nec stabile firmamentum collocabunt. |
| 4 | And if they flourish in branches for a time, yet standing not fast, they shall be shaken with the wind, and through the force of winds they shall be rooted out. | Etsi in ramis in tempore germinaverint, infirmiter posita, a vento commovebuntur, et a nimietate ventorum eradicabuntur. |
| 5 | For the branches not being perfect, shall be broken, and their fruits shall be unprofitable, and sour to eat, and fit for nothing. | Confringentur enim rami inconsummati; et fructus illorum inutiles et acerbi ad manducandum, et ad nihilum apti. |
| 6 | For the children that are born of unlawful beds, are witnesses of wickedness against their parents in their trial. | Ex iniquis enim somnis filii qui nascuntur, testes sunt nequitiae adversus parentes in interrogatione sua. |
| 7 | But the just man, if he be prevented with death, shall be in rest. | Iustus autem si morte praeoccupatus fuerit, in refrigerio erit; |
| 8 | For venerable old age is not that of long time, nor counted by the number of years: but the understanding of a man is grey hairs. | senectus enim venerabilis est non diuturna, neque annorum numero computata: cani autem sunt sensus hominis, |
| 9 | And a spotless life is old age. | et aetas senectutis vita immaculata. |
| 10 | He pleased God and was beloved, and living among sinners he was translated. | Placens Deo factus est dilectus, et vivens inter peccatores translatus est. |
| 11 | He was taken away lest wickedness should alter his understanding, or deceit beguile his soul. | Raptus est, ne malitia mutaret intellectum eius, aut ne fictio deciperet animam illius. |
| 12 | For the bewitching of vanity obscureth good things, and the wandering of concupiscence overturneth the innocent mind. | Fascinatio enim nugacitatis obscurat bona, et inconstantia concupiscentiae transvertit sensum sine malitia. |
| 13 | Being made perfect in a short space, he fulfilled a long time: | Consummatus in brevi, explevit tempora multa; |
| 14 | For his soul pleased God: therefore he hastened to bring him out of the midst of iniquities: but the people see this, and understand not, nor lay up such things in their hearts: | placita enim erat Deo anima illius: propter hoc properavit educere illum de medio iniquitatum. Populi autem videntes, et non intelligentes, nec ponentes in praecordiis talia, |
| 15 | That the grace of God, and his mercy is with his saints, and that he hath respect to his chosen. | quoniam gratia Dei et misericordia est in sanctos eius, et respectus in electos illius. |
| 16 | But the just that is dead, condemneth the wicked that are living, and youth soon ended, the long life of the unjust. | Condemnat autem iustus mortuus vivos impios, et iuventus celerius consummata longam vitam iniusti. |
| 17 | For they shall see the end of the wise man, and shall not understand what God hath designed for him, and why the Lord hath set him in safety. | Videbunt enim finem sapientis, et non intelligent quid cogitaverit de illo Deus, et quare munierit illum Dominus. |
| 18 | They shall see him, and shall despise him: but the Lord shall laugh them to scorn. | Videbunt, et contemnent eum; illos autem Dominus irridebit. |
| 19 | And they shall fall after this without honour, and be a reproach among the dead for ever: for he shall burst them puffed up and speechless, and shall shake them from the foundations, and they shall be utterly laid waste: they shall be in sorrow, and their memory shall perish. | Et erunt post haec decidentes sine honore, et in contumelia inter mortuos in perpetuum: quoniam disrumpet illos inflatos sine voce, et commovebit illos a fundamentis, et usque ad supremum desolabuntur, et erunt gementes, et memoria illorum peribit. |
| 20 | They shall come with fear at the thought of their sins, and their iniquities shall stand against them to convict them. | Venient in cogitatione peccatorum suorum timidi, et traducent illos ex adverso iniquitates ipsorum. |
