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| Chap Ver | Latin | English | Greek |
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| Judges 8 2 | Quibus ille respondit : Quod enim tale facere potui, quale vos fecistis ? nonne melior est racemus Ephraim, vindemiis Abiezer ? | And he answered them: What could I have done like to that which you have done? Is not one bunch of grapes of Ephraim better than the vintages of Abiezer? | Καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτοὺς, τί ἐποίησα νῦν καθὼς ὑμεῖς; ἢ οὐχὶ κρείττῶν ἐπιφυλλὶς Ἐφραὶμ ἢ τρυγητὸς Ἀβιέζερ; |
| Judges 11 25 | nisi forte melior es Balac filio Sephor rege Moab ; aut docere potes, quod jurgatus sit contra Israel, et pugnaverit contra eum, | Unless, perhaps, thou art better than Balac, the son of Sephor, king of Moab: or canst shew that he strove against Israel, and fought against him, | Καὶ νῦν μὴ ἐν ἀγαθῷ ἀγαθώτερος σὺ ὑπὲρ Βαλὰκ υἱὸν Σεπφὼρ βασιλέως Μωάβ; μὴ μαχόμενος ἐμαχέσατο μετὰ Ἰσραὴλ, ἢ πολεμῶν ἐπολέμησεν αὐτὸν, |
| Ruth 4 15 | et habeas qui consoletur animam tuam, et enutriat senectutem : de nuru enim tua natus est, quae te diligit, et multo tibi melior est, quam si septem haberes filios. | And thou shouldst have one to comfort thy soul, and cherish thy old age. For he is born of thy daughter in law: who loveth thee: and is much better to thee, than if thou hadst seven sons. | Καὶ ἔσται σοι εἰς ἐπιστρέφοντα ψυχὴν, καὶ τοῦ διαθρέψαι τὴν πολιάν σου, ὅτι ἡ νύμφη ἡ ἀγαπήσασά σε, ἔτεκεν αὐτὸν, ἥ ἐστιν ἀγαθή σοι ὑπὲρ ἑπτὰ υἱούς. |
| 1_Kings 1 8 | Dixit ergo ei Elcana vir suus : Anna, cur fles ? et quare non comedis ? et quam ob rem affligitur cor tuum ? numquid non ego melior tibi sum, quam decem filii ? | Then Elcana, her husband, said to her: Anna, why weepest thou? and why dost thou not eat? and why dost thou afflict thy heart? Am not I better to thee than ten children? | Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ Ἑλκανὰ ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς, Ἄννα· καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, ἰδοὺ ἐγώ, κύριε· καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ, τί ἐστί σοι ὅτι κλαίεις; καὶ ἱνατί οὐκ ἐσθίεις; καὶ ἱνατί τύπτει σε ἡ καρδία σου; οὐκ ἀγαθὸς ἐγώ σοι ὑπὲρ δέκα τέκνα; |
| 1_Kings 9 2 | Et erat ei filius vocabulo Saul, electus et bonus : et non erat vir de filiis Israel melior illo : ab humero et sursum eminebat super omnem populum. | And he had a son whose name was Saul, a choice and goodly man, and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he appeared above all the people. | Καὶ τούτῳ υἱός, καὶ ὄνομα αὐτῷ Σαούλ, εὐμεγέθης, ἀνὴρ ἀγαθός, καὶ οὐκ ἦν ἐν υἱοῖς Ἰσραὴλ ἀγαθὸς ὑπὲρ αὐτόν, ὑπερωμίαν καὶ ἐπάνω ὑψηλὸς ὑπὲρ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν. |
| 1_Kings 15 22 | Et ait Samuel : Numquid vult Dominus holocausta et victimas, et non potius ut obediatur voci Domini ? melior est enim obedientia quam victimae, et auscultare magis quam offerre adipem arietum. | And Samuel said: Doth the Lord desire holocausts and victims, and not rather that the voice of the Lord should be obeyed? For obedience is better than sacrifices: and to hearken rather than to offer the fat or rams. | Καὶ εἶπε Σαμουήλ, εἰ θελητὸν τῷ Κυρίῳ ὁλοκαυτώματα καὶ θυσίας, ὡς τὸ ἀκοῦσαι φωνῆς Κυρίου; ἰδοὺ ἀκοὴ ὑπὲρ θυσίαν ἀγαθὴν, καὶ ἡ ἐπακρόασις ὑπὲρ στέαρ κριῶν. |
| 3_Kings 19 4 | et perrexit in desertum, viam unius diei. Cumque venisset, et sederet subter unam juniperum, petivit animae suae ut moreretur, et ait : Sufficit mihi, Domine : tolle animam meam : neque enim melior sum quam patres mei. | And he went forward, one day's journey into the desert. And when he was there, and sat under a juniper tree, he requested for his soul that he might die, and said: It is enough for me, Lord; take away my soul: for I am no better than my fathers. | Καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπορεύθη ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ὁδὸν ἡμέρας, καὶ ἦλθε καὶ ἐκάθισεν ὑποκάτω ῥαθμὲν, καὶ ᾐτήσατο τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἀποθανεῖν· καὶ εἶπεν, ἱκανούσθω νῦν, λάβε δὴ τὴν ψυχήν μου ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ Κύριε, ὅτι οὐ κρείσσων ἐγώ εἰμι ὑπὲρ τοὺς πατέρας μου. |
| Esther 1 19 | Si tibi placet, egrediatur edictum a facie tua, et scribatur juxta legem Persarum atque Medorum, quam praeteriri illicitum est, ut nequaquam ultra Vasthi ingrediatur ad regem, sed regnum illius altera, quae melior est illa, accipiat. | If it please thee, let an edict go out from thy presence, and let it be written according to the law of the Persians and of the Medes, which must not be altered, that Vasthi come in no more to the king, but another, that is better than her, be made queen in her place. | None |
| Psalms 62 4 | Quoniam melior est misericordia tua super vitas, labia mea laudabunt te. | For thy mercy is better than lives: thee my lips will praise. | None |
| Psalms 83 11 | Quia melior est dies una in atriis tuis super millia ; elegi abjectus esse in domo Dei mei magis quam habitare in tabernaculis peccatorum. | For better is one day in thy courts above thousands. I have chosen to be an abject in the house of my God, rather than to dwell in the tabernacles of sinners. | None |
| Proverbs 3 14 | Melior est acquisitio ejus negotiatione argenti, et auri primi et purissimi fructus ejus. | The purchasing thereof is better than the merchandise of silver, and her fruit than the chief and purest gold: | Κρεῖσσον γὰρ αὐτὴν ἐμπορεύεσθαι, ἢ χρυσίου καὶ ἀργυρίου θησαυρούς. |
| Proverbs 8 11 | melior est enim sapientia cunctis pretiosissimis, et omne desiderabile ei non potest comparari.] | For wisdom is better than all the most precious things: and whatsoever may be desired cannot be compared to it. | Κρείσσων γὰρ σοφία λίθων πολυτελῶν, πᾶν δὲ τίμιον οὐκ ἄξιον αὐτῆς ἐστιν. |
| Proverbs 8 19 | Melior est enim fructus meus auro et lapide pretioso, et genimina mea argento electo. | For my fruit is better than gold and the precious stone, and my blossoms than choice silver. | Βέλτιον ἐμὲ καρπίζεσθαι ὑπὲρ χρυσίον καὶ λίθον τίμιον, τὰ δὲ ἐμὰ γεννήματα κρείσσω ἀργυρίου ἐκλεκτοῦ. |
| Proverbs 12 9 | Melior est pauper et sufficiens sibi quam gloriosus et indigens pane. | Better is the poor man that provideth for himself, than he that is glorious and wanteth bread. | Κρείσσων ἀνὴρ ἐν ἀτιμίᾳ δουλεύων ἑαυτῷ, ἢ τιμὴν ἑαυτῷ περιτιθεὶς καὶ προσδεόμενος ἄρτου. |
| Proverbs 16 16 | [Posside sapientiam, quia auro melior est, et acquire prudentiam, quia pretiosior est argento. | Get wisdom, because it is better than gold: and purchase prudence, for it is more precious than silver. | Νοσσιαὶ σοφίας αἱρετώτεραι χρυσίου, νοσσιαὶ δὲ φρονήσεως αἱρετώτεραι ὑπὲρ ἀργύριον. |
| Proverbs 16 32 | Melior est patiens viro forti, et qui dominatur animo suo expugnatore urbium. | The patient man is better than the valiant: and he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh cities. | Κρείσσων ἀνὴρ μακρόθυμος ἰσχυροῦ, ὁ δὲ κρατῶν ὀργῆς κρείσσων καταλαμβανομένου πόλιν. |
| Proverbs 17 1 | [Melior est buccella sicca cum gaudio quam domus plena victimis cum jurgio. | Better is a dry morsel with joy, than a house full of victims with strife. | Κρείσσων ψωμὸς μεθʼ ἡδονῆς ἐν εἰρήνῃ, ἢ οἶκος πολλῶν ἀγαθῶν καὶ ἀδίκων θυμάτων μετὰ μάχης. |
| Proverbs 19 1 | [Melior est pauper qui ambulat in simplicitate sua quam dives torquens labia sua, et insipiens. | Better is the poor man, that walketh in his simplicity, than a rich man that is perverse in his lips and unwise. | None |
| Proverbs 19 22 | Homo indigens misericors est, et melior est pauper quam vir mendax. | A needy man is merciful: and better is the poor than the lying man. | Καρπὸς ἀνδρὶ ἐλεημοσύνη, κρείσσων δὲ πτωχὸς δίκαιος ἢ πλούσιος ψευδής. |
| Proverbs 27 5 | Melior est manifesta correptio quam amor absconditus. | Open rebuke is better than hidden love. | Κρείσσους ἔλεγχοι ἀποκεκαλυμμένοι κρυπτομένης φιλίας. |
| Proverbs 27 10 | [Amicum tuum et amicum patris tui ne dimiseris, et domum fratris tui ne ingrediaris in die afflictionis tuae. Melior est vicinus juxta quam frater procul. | Thy own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not: and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy affliction. Better is a neighbour that is near than a brother afar off. | Φίλον σὸν ἢ φίλον πατρῷον μὴ ἐγκαταλίπῃς, εἰς δὲ τὸν οἶκον τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου μὴ εἰσέλθῃς ἀτυχῶν· κρείσσων φίλος ἐγγὺς, ἢ ἀδελφὸς μακρὰν οἰκῶν. |
| Proverbs 28 6 | Melior est pauper ambulans in simplicitate sua quam dives in pravis itineribus. | Better is the poor man walking in his simplicity, than the rich in crooked ways. | Κρείσσων πτωχὸς πορευόμενος ἐν ἀληθείᾳ, πλουσίου ψευδοῦς. |
| Ecclesiastes 4 6 | Melior est pugillus cum requie, quam plena utraque manus cum labore et afflictione animi. | Better is a handful with rest, than both hands full with labour, and vexation of mind. | Ἀγαθὸν πλήρωμα δρακὸς ἀναπαύσεως ὑπὲρ πληρώματα δύο δρακῶν μόχθου καὶ προαιρέσεως πνεύματος. |
| Ecclesiastes 4 13 | Melior est puer pauper et sapiens, rege sene et stulto, qui nescit praevidere in posterum. | Better is a child that is poor and wise, than a king that is old and foolish, who knoweth not to foresee for hereafter. | Ἀγαθὸς παῖς πένης καὶ σοφὸς ὑπὲρ βασιλέα πρεσβύτερον καὶ ἄφρονα, ὃς οὐκ ἔγνω τοῦ προσέχειν ἔτι· |
| Ecclesiastes 4 17 | [Custodi pedem tuum ingrediens domum Dei, et appropinqua ut audias. Multo enim melior est obedientia quam stultorum victimae, qui nesciunt quid faciunt mali.] | Keep thy foot, when thou goest into the house of God, and draw nigh to hear. For much better is obedience, than the victims of fools, who know not what evil they do. | None |
| Ecclesiastes 6 3 | Si genuerit quispiam centum liberos, et vixerit multos annos, et plures dies aetatis habuerit, et anima illius non utatur bonis substantiae suae, sepulturaque careat : de hoc ergo pronuntio quod melior illo sit abortivus. | If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, and attain to a great age, and his soul make no use of the goods of his substance, and he be without burial: of this man I pronounce, that the untimely born is better than he. | Ἐὰν γεννήσῃ ἀνὴρ ἑκατόν, καὶ ἔτη πολλὰ ζήσεται, καὶ πλῆθος ὅ, τι ἔσονται αἱ ἡμέραι ἐτῶν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ οὐ πλησθήσεται ἀπὸ τῆς ἀγαθωσύνης, καί γε ταφὴ οὐκ ἐγένετο αὐτῷ, εἶπα, ἀγαθὸν ὑπὲρ αὐτὸν τὸ ἔκτρωμα. |
| Ecclesiastes 7 4 | Melior est ira risu, quia per tristitiam vultus corrigitur animus delinquentis. | Anger is better than laughter: because by the sadness of the countenance the mind of the offender is corrected. | Καρδία σοφῶν ἐν οἴκῳ πένθους, καὶ καρδία ἀφρόνων ἐν οἴκῳ εὐφροσύνης. |
| Ecclesiastes 7 9 | Melior est finis orationis quam principium. Melior est patiens arrogante. | Better is the end of a speech than the beginning. Better is the patient man than the presumptuous. | Μὴ σπεύσῃς ἐν πνεύματί σου τοῦ θυμοῦσθαι, ὅτι θυμὸς ἐν κόλπῳ ἀφρόνων ἀναπαύσεται. |
| Ecclesiastes 7 9 | Melior est finis orationis quam principium. Melior est patiens arrogante. | Better is the end of a speech than the beginning. Better is the patient man than the presumptuous. | Μὴ σπεύσῃς ἐν πνεύματί σου τοῦ θυμοῦσθαι, ὅτι θυμὸς ἐν κόλπῳ ἀφρόνων ἀναπαύσεται. |
| Ecclesiastes 9 4 | Nemo est qui semper vivat, et qui hujus rei habeat fiduciam ; melior est canis vivus leone mortuo. | There is no man that liveth always, or that hopeth for this: a living dog is better than a dead lion. | Ὅτι τίς ὃς κοινωνεῖ πρὸς πάντας τοὺς ζῶντας; ἔστιν ἐλπὶς, ὅτι ὁ κύων ὁ ζῶν αὐτὸς ἀγαθὸς ὑπὲρ τὸν λέοντα τὸν νεκρόν· |
| Ecclesiastes 9 18 | Melior est sapientia quam arma bellica ; et qui in uno peccaverit, multa bona perdet.] | Better is wisdom, than weapons of war: and he that shall offend in one, shall lose many good things. | None |
| Wisdom 6 1 | [Melior est sapientia quam vires, et vir prudens quam fortis. | Wisdom is better than strength: and a wise man is better than a strong man. | None |
| Wisdom 15 17 | Cum enim sit mortalis, mortuum fingit manibus iniquis. Melior enim est ipse his quos colit, quia ipse quidem vixit, cum esset mortalis, illi autem numquam.] | For being mortal himself, he formeth a dead thing with his wicked hands. For he is better than they whom he worshippeth, because he indeed hath lived, though he were mortal, but they never. | None |
| Sirach 10 30 | Melior est qui operatur et abundat in omnibus, quam qui gloriatur et eget pane. | Better is he that laboureth, and aboundeth in all things, than he that boasteth himself and wanteth bread. | None |
| Sirach 16 3 | Melior est enim unus timens Deum, quam mille filii impii : | For better is one that feareth God, than a thousand ungodly children. | None |
| Sirach 19 21 | Melior est homo qui minuitur sapientia, et deficiens sensu, in timore, quam qui abundat sensu, et transgreditur legem Altissimi. | Better is a man that hath less wisdom, and wanteth understanding, with the fear of God, than he that aboundeth in understanding, and transgresseth the law of the most High. | None |
| Sirach 20 33 | Melior est qui celat insipientiam suam, quam homo qui abscondit sapientiam suam.] | Better is he that hideth his folly, than the man that hideth his wisdom. | None |
| Sirach 29 29 | Melior est victus pauperis sub tegmine asserum quam epulae splendidae in peregre sine domicilio. | Be contented with little instead of much, and thou shalt not hear the reproach of going abroad. | None |
| Sirach 30 14 | [Melior est pauper sanus, et fortis viribus, quam dives imbecillis et flagellatus malitia. | Better is a poor man who is sound, and strong of constitution, than a rich man who is weak and afflicted with evils. | None |
| Sirach 30 15 | Salus animae in sanctitate justitiae melior est omni auro et argento : et corpus validum quam census immensus. | Health of the soul in holiness of justice, is better than all gold and silver: and a sound body, than immense revenues. | None |
| Sirach 30 17 | Melior est mors quam vita amara, et requies aeterna quam languor perseverans. | Better is death than a bitter life, and everlasting rest, than continual sickness. | None |
| Sirach 36 20 | [Omnem escam manducabit venter : et est cibus cibo melior. | The belly will devour all meat, yet one is better than another. | None |
| Sirach 36 23 | Omnem masculum excipiet mulier : et est filia melior filia. | A woman will receive every man: yet one daughter is better than another. | None |
| Sirach 41 18 | Melior est homo qui abscondit stultitiam suam, quam homo qui abscondit sapientiam suam. | Better is the man that hideth his folly, than the man that hideth his wisdom. | None |
| Sirach 42 14 | Melior est enim iniquitas viri quam mulier benefaciens, et mulier confundens in opprobrium.] | For better is the iniquity of a man, than a woman doing a good turn, and a woman bringing shame and reproach. | None |
| Baruch 6 72 | Melior est homo justus qui non habet simulacra, nam erit longe ab opprobriis. | Better, therefore, is the just man that hath no idols: for he shall be far from reproach. | None |
| Jonas 4 3 | Et nunc, Domine, tolle, quaeso, animam meam a me, quia melior est mihi mors quam vita. | And now, O Lord, I beseech thee take my life from me: for it is better for me to die than to live. | None |
| Nahum 3 8 | Numquid melior es Alexandria populorum, quae habitat in fluminibus ? aquae in circuitu ejus ; cujus divitiae, mare ; aquae, muri ejus. | Art thou better than the populous Alexandria, that dwelleth among the rivers? waters are round about it: the sea is its riches: the waters are its walls. | None |
| 1_Machabees 13 5 | Et nunc non mihi contingat parcere animae meae in omni tempore tribulationis : non enim melior sum fratribus meis. | And now far be it from me to spare my life in any time of trouble: for I am not better than my brethren. | None |
| Matthew 12 12 | Quanto magis melior est homo ove ? itaque licet sabbatis benefacere. | How much better is a man than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do a good deed on the sabbath days. | Πόσῳ οὖν διαφέρει ἄνθρωπος προβάτου. Ὥστε ἔξεστιν τοῖς σάββασιν καλῶς ποιεῖν. |
| Hebrews 1 4 | tanto melior angelis effectus, quanto differentius prae illis nomen haereditavit. | Being made so much better than the angels as he hath inherited a more excellent name than they. | τοσούτῳ κρείττων γενόμενος τῶν ἀγγέλων, ὅσῳ διαφορώτερον παρ’ αὐτοὺς κεκληρονόμηκεν ὄνομα." |