Proverbiorum 20
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
King James Version with Apocrypha
1[Luxuriosa res vinum, et tumultuosa ebrietas: quicumque his delectatur non erit sapiens.
1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
2Sicut rugitus leonis, ita et terror regis: qui provocat eum peccat in animam suam.
2The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
3Honor est homini qui separat se a contentionibus; omnes autem stulti miscentur contumeliis.
3It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
4Propter frigus piger arare noluit; mendicabit ergo æstate, et non dabitur illi.
4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
5Sicut aqua profunda, sic consilium in corde viri; sed homo sapiens exhauriet illud.
5Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
6Multi homines misericordes vocantur; virum autem fidelem quis inveniet?]
6Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
7[Justus qui ambulat in simplicitate sua beatos post se filios derelinquet.
7The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
8Rex qui sedet in solio judicii dissipat omne malum intuitu suo.
8A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
9Quis potest dicere: Mundum est cor meum; purus sum a peccato?
9Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
10Pondus et pondus, mensura et mensura: utrumque abominabile est apud Deum.
10Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD .
11Ex studiis suis intelligitur puer, si munda et recta sint opera ejus.
11Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
12Aurem audientem, et oculum videntem: Dominus fecit utrumque.
12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
13Noli diligere somnum, ne te egestas opprimat: aperi oculos tuos, et saturare panibus.
13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
14Malum est, malum est, dicit omnis emptor; et cum recesserit, tunc gloriabitur.
14It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
15Est aurum et multitudo gemmarum, et vas pretiosum labia scientiæ.]
15There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
16[Tolle vestimentum ejus qui fidejussor extitit alieni, et pro extraneis aufer pignus ab eo.
16Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
17Suavis est homini panis mendacii, et postea implebitur os ejus calculo.
17Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
18Cogitationes consiliis roborantur, et gubernaculis tractanda sunt bella.
18Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
19Ei qui revelat mysteria, et ambulat fraudulenter, et dilatat labia sua, ne commiscearis.
19He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
20Qui maledicit patri suo et matri, extinguetur lucerna ejus in mediis tenebris:
20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
21hæreditas ad quam festinatur in principio, in novissimo benedictione carebit.
21An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
22Ne dicas: Reddam malum: exspecta Dominum, et liberabit te.
22Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD , and he shall save thee.
23Abominatio est apud Dominum pondus et pondus; statera dolosa non est bona.
23Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD ; and a false balance is not good.
24A Domino diriguntur gressus viri: quis autem hominum intelligere potest viam suam?
24Man’s goings are of the LORD ; how can a man then understand his own way?
25Ruina est homini devorare sanctos, et post vota retractare.]
25It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
26[Dissipat impios rex sapiens, et incurvat super eos fornicem.
26A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
27Lucerna Domini spiraculum hominis, quæ investigat omnia secreta ventris.
27The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD , searching all the inward parts of the belly.
28Misericordia et veritas custodiunt regem, et roboratur clementia thronus ejus.
28Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
29Exsultatio juvenum fortitudo eorum, et dignitas senum canities.
29The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
30Livor vulneris absterget mala, et plagæ in secretioribus ventris.]
30The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
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