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The Bible, Douay-Rheims Novel Chapters
List of most recent chapters published for the The Bible, Douay-Rheims novel. A total of 821 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old and New Testaments, Complete.THE BOOK OF GENESIS This book
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old and New Testaments, Complete.THE BOOK OF GENESIS This book is so called from its treating of the GENERATION, that is, of the creation and the beginning of the world. The Hebrews call it BERESITH, from the Word with which it be
- 101 26:23. The sons of Issachar, by their kindreds: Thola of whom is the family of the Tholaites: Phua, of whom is the family of the Phuaites: 26:24. Jasub, of whom is the family of the Jasubites: Semran, of whom is the family of the Semranites.26:25. These a
- 102 27:6. The daughters of Salphaad demand a just thing: Give them a possession among their father's kindred, and let them succeed him in his inheritance.27:7. And to the children of Israel thou shalt speak these things: 27:8. When a man dieth without a
- 103 28:31. You shall offer them all without blemish with their libations.Numbers Chapter 29 Sacrifices for the festivals of the seventh month.29:1. The first day also of the seventh month shall be venerable and holy unto you; you shall do no servile work ther
- 104 30:7. If she have a husband, and shall vow any thing, and the word once going out of her mouth shall bind her soul by an oath, 30:8. The day that her husband shall hear it, and not gainsay it, she shall be bound to the vow, and shall give whatsoever she p
- 105 31:35. And thirty-two thousand persons of the female s.e.x, that had not known men.31:36. And one half was given to them that had been in the battle, to wit, three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep: 31:37. Out of which, for the portion of t
- 106 32:29. If the children of Gad, and the children of Ruben pa.s.s with you over the Jordan, all armed for war before the Lord, and the land be made subject to you: give them Galaad in possession.32:30. But if they will not pa.s.s armed with you into the lan
- 107 33:34. And from Jetebatha they came to Hebrona.33:35. And departing from Hebrona, they camped in Asiongaber.33:36. They removed from thence and came into the desert of Sin, which is Cades.33:37. And departing from Cades, they camped in mount Hor, in the u
- 108 34:21. Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chaselon.34:22. Of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bocci the son of Jogli.34:23. Of the children of Joseph of the tribe of Mana.s.ses, Hanniel the son of Ephod.34:24. Of the tribe of Ephraim, Camuel the
- 109 36:3. Now if men of another tribe take them to wives, their possession will follow them, and being transferred to another tribe, will be a diminis.h.i.+ng of our inheritance.36:4. And so it shall cone to pa.s.s, that when the jubilee, the is, the fiftieth
- 110 1:30. The Lord G.o.d, who is your leader, himself will fight for you, as he did in Egypt in the sight of all.1:31. And in the wilderness (as thou hast seen) the Lord thy G.o.d hath carried thee, as a man is wont to carry his little son, all the way that y
- 111 Hardened, etc... That is, in punishment of his past sins he left him to his own stubborn and perverse disposition, which drew him to his ruin.See the note on Ex. 7.3.2:31. And the Lord said to me: Behold I have begun to deliver unto thee Sehon and his lan
- 112 4:10. From the day in which thou didst stand before the Lord thy G.o.d in h.o.r.eb, when the Lord spoke to me, saying: Call together the people unto me, that they may hear my words, and may learn to fear me all the time that they live on the earth, and ma
- 113 5:9. Thou shalt not adore them, and thou shalt not serve them. For I am the Lord thy G.o.d, a jealous G.o.d, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon their children unto the third and fourth generation, to them that hate me, 5:10. And shewing mercy unto
- 114 6:24. And the Lord commanded that we should do all these ordinances, and should fear the Lord our G.o.d, that it might be well with us all the days of our life, as it is at this day.6:25. And he will be merciful to us, if we keep and do all his precepts b
- 115 8:16. And fed thee in the wilderness with manna which thy fathers knew not. And after he had afflicted and proved thee, at the last he had mercy on thee, 8:17. Lest thou shouldst say in thy heart: My own might, and the strength of my own hand have achieve
- 116 10:12. And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy G.o.d require of thee, but that thou fear the Lord thy G.o.d, and walk in his ways, and love him, and serve the Lord thy G.o.d, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul: 10:13. And keep the commandments of t
- 117 12:2. Destroy all the places in which the nations, that you shall possess, wors.h.i.+pped their G.o.ds upon high mountains, and hills, and under every shady tree: 12:3. Overthrow their altars, and break down their statues, burn their groves with fire, and
- 118 13:15. Thou shalt forthwith kill the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, and shalt destroy it and all things that are in it, even the cattle.13:16. And all the household goods that are there, thou shalt gather together in the midst of the
- 119 15:12. When thy brother a Hebrew man, or Hebrew woman is sold to thee, and hath served thee six years, in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free: 15:13. And when thou sendest him out free, thou shalt not let him go away empty: 15:14. But shall give h
- 120 17:10. And thou shalt do whatsoever they shall say, that preside in the place, which the Lord shall choose, and what they shall teach thee, 17:11. According to his law; and thou shalt follow their sentence: neither shalt thou decline to the right hand nor
- 121 19:14. Thou shalt not take nor remove thy neighbour's landmark, which thy predecessors have set in thy possession, which the Lord thy G.o.d will give thee in the land that thou shalt receive to possess.19:15. One witness shall not rise up against any
- 122 21:18. If a man have a stubborn and unruly son, who will not hear the commandments of his father or mother, and being corrected, slighteth obedience: 21:19. They shall take him and bring him to the ancients of the city, and to the gate of judgment, 21:20.
- 123 23:8. They that are born of them, in the third generation shall enter into the church of the Lord.23:9. When thou goest out to war against thy enemies, thou shalt keep thyself from every evil thing.23:10. If there be among you any man, that is defiled in
- 124 Not muzzle, etc... St. Paul understands this of the spiritual labourer in the church of G.o.d, who is not to be denied his maintenance. 1 Cor.9.8, 9, 10.25:5. When brethren dwell together, and one of them dieth without children, the wife of the deceased s
- 125 27:9. And Moses and the priests of the race of Levi said to all Israel: Attend, and hear, O Israel: This day thou art made the people of the Lord thy G.o.d: 27:10. Thou shalt hear his voice, and do the commandments and justices which I command thee.27:11.
- 126 28:29. And mayst thou grope at midday as the blind is wont to grope in the dark, and not make straight thy ways. And mayst thou at all times suffer wrong, and be oppressed with violence, and mayst thou have no one to deliver thee.28:30. Mayst thou take a
- 127 29:8. And took their land, and delivered it for a possession to Ruben and Gad, and the half tribe of Mana.s.ses.29:9. Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and fulfil them: that you may understand all that you do.29:10. You all stand this day before
- 128 31:3. The Lord thy G.o.d then will pa.s.s over before thee: he will destroy all these nations in thy sight, and thou shalt possess them: and this Josue shall go over before thee, as the Lord hath spoken.31:4. And the Lord shall do to them as he did to Seh
- 129 32:21. They have provoked me with that which was no G.o.d, and have angered me with their vanities: and I will provoke them with that which is no people, and will vex them with a foolish nation.32:22. A fire is kindled in my wrath, and shall burn even to
- 130 33:14. Of the fruits brought forth by the sun and by the moon.33:15. Of the tops of the ancient mountains, of the fruits of the everlasting hills: 33:16. And of the fruits of the earth, and of the fulness thereof. The blessing of him that appeared in the
- 131 1:6. Take courage, and be strong: for thou shalt divide by lot to this people the land for which I swore to their fathers, that I would deliver it to them.1:7. Take courage therefore, and be very valiant: that thou mayst observe and do all the law, which
- 132 3:10. And again he said: By this you shall know, that the Lord, the living G.o.d, is in the midst of you, and that he shall destroy, before your sight, the Chanaanite and the Hethite, the Hevite and the Pherezite, the Gergesite also, and the Jebusite, and
- 133 5:14. And he answered: No: but I am prince of the host of the Lord, and now I am come.Prince of the host of the Lord, etc... St. Michael, who is called prince of the people of Israel, Dan. 10.21.5:15. Josue fell on his face to the ground. And wors.h.i.+pp
- 134 7:14. And you shall come in the morning, every one by your tribes: and what tribe soever the lot shall find, it shall come by its kindreds, and the kindred by its houses and tho house by the men.7:15. And whosoever he be that shall be found guilty of this
- 135 8:32. And he wrote upon stones, the Deuteronomy of the law of Moses, which he had ordered before the children of Israel.8:33. And all the people, and the ancients, and the princes, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark, before the priests that carrie
- 136 10:15. And Josue returned, with all Israel, into the camp of Galgal.10:16. For the five kings were fled, and had hid themselves in a cave of the city of Maceda.10:17. And it was told Josue, that the five kings were found hid in a cave of the city of Maced
- 137 11:17. And part of the mountain that goeth up to Seir as far as Baalgad, by the plain of Liba.n.u.s under mount Hermon: all their kings he took, smote and slew.11:18. Josue made war a long time against these kings.A long time... Seven years, as appears fr
- 138 13:12. All the kingdom of Og in Basan, who reigned in Astaroth and Edrai, he was of the remains of the Raphaims: and Moses overthrew and destroyed them.13:13. And the children of Israel would not destroy Gessuri and Machati and they have dwelt in the mids
- 139 15:7. And reaching as far as the borders of Debara from the valley of Achor, and so northward looking towards Galgal, which is opposite to the ascent of Adommin, on the south side of the torrent, and the border pa.s.seth the waters that are called the fou
- 140 15:57. Accain, Gabaa and Thamna: ten cities and their villages.15:58. Halhul, and Bessur, and Gedor, 15:59. Mareth, and Bethanoth, and Eltecon: six cities and their villages.15:60. Cariathbaal, the same is Cariathiarim the city of woods, and Arebba: two c
- 141 18:7. For the Levites have no part among you, but the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance. And Gad and Ruben, and the half tribe of Mana.s.ses have already received their possessions beyond the Jordan eastward: which Moses the servant of the Lord
- 142 19:27. And it returneth towards the east to Bethdagon: and pa.s.seth along to Zabulon and to the valley of Jephthael towards the north to Bethemec and Nehiel. And it goeth out to the left side of Cabul, 19:28. And to Abaran and Rohob and Hamon and Cana, a
- 143 21:13. He gave therefore to the children of Aaron the priest, Hebron a city of refuge, and the suburbs thereof, and Lebna with the suburbs thereof, 21:14. And Jether and Estemo, 21:15. And Holon, and Dabir, 21:16. And Ain, and Jeta, and Bethsames, with th
- 144 22:17. Is it a small thing to you that you sinned with Beelphegor, and the stain of that crime remaineth in us to this day? and many of the people perished.22:18. And you have forsaken the Lord to day, and to morrow his wrath will rage against all Israel.
- 145 24:12. And I sent before you and I drove them out from their places, the two kings of the Amorrhites, not with thy sword nor with thy bow, 24:13. And I gave you a land, in which you had not laboured, and cities to dwell in which you built not, vineyards a
- 146 1:15. But she answered: Give me a blessing, for thou hast given me a dry land: give me also a watery land So Caleb gave her the upper and the nether watery ground.1:16. And the children of the Cinite, the kinsman of Moses, went up from the city of palms,
- 147 2:18. And when the Lord raised them up judges, in their days, he was moved to mercy, and heard the groanings of the afflicted, and delivered them from the slaughter of the oppressors.2:19. But after the judge was dead, they returned, and did much worse th
- 148 4:7. And I will bring unto thee in the place of the torrent Cison, Sisara, the general of Jabin's army, and his chariots, and all his mult.i.tude, and will deliver them into thy hand.4:8. And Barac said to her: If thou wilt come with me, I will go: i
- 149 5:25. He asked her water, and she gave him milk, and offered him b.u.t.ter in a dish fit for princes.5:26. She put her left hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workman's hammer, and she struck Sisara, seeking in his head a place for the wound
- 150 6:39. And he said again to G.o.d: Let not thy wrath be kindled against me, if I try once more, seeking a sign in the fleece. I pray that the fleece only may be dry, and all the ground wet with dew.6:40. And G.o.d did that night as he had requested: and it
- 151 8:14. He took a boy of the men of Soccoth: and he asked him the names of the princes and ancients of Soccoth, and he described unto him seventy- seven men.8:15. And he came to Soccoth, and said to them: Behold Zebee, and Salmana, concerning whom you upbra
- 152 9:21. And when he had said thus, he fled, and went into Bera: and dwelt there for fear of Abimelech, his brother.9:22. So Abimelech reigned over Israel three years.9:23. And the Lord sent a very evil spirit between Abimelech and the inhabitants of Sichem;
- 153 10:8. And they were afflicted, and grievously oppressed for eighteen years, all they that dwelt beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorrhite, who is in Galaad: 10:9. Insomuch that the children of Ammon, pa.s.sing over the Jordan, wasted Juda, and Benjam
- 154 11:36. And she answered him: My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth to the Lord, do unto me whatsoever thou hast promised, since the victory hath been granted to thee, and revenge of thy enemies.11:37. And she said to her father: Grant me only this, whi
- 155 The Israelites, in those days, imagined they should die if they saw an angel, taking occasion perhaps from those words spoken by the Lord to Moses, Ex. 33.20, No man shall see me and live. But the event demonstrated that it was but a groundless imaginatio
- 156 15:20. And he judged Israel, in the days of the Philistines, twenty years.Judges Chapter 16 Samson is deluded by Dalila: and falls into the hands of the Philistines. His death.16:1. He went also into Gaza, and saw there a woman, a harlot, and went in unto
- 157 17:9. He was asked by him whence he came. And he answered: I am a Levite of Bethlehem Juda, and I am going to dwell where I can, and where I shall find a place to my advantage.17:10. And Michas said: Stay with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and
- 158 19:8. But when morning was come, the Levite prepared to go on his journey. And his father in law said to him again: I beseech thee to take a little meat, and strengthening thyself, till the day be farther advanced, afterwards thou mayest depart. And they
- 159 20:22. Again Israel, trusting in their strength and their number, set their army in array in the same place, where they had fought before: Trusting in their strength... The Lord suffered them to be overthrown and many of them to be slain, though their cau
- 160 21:20. And they commanded the children of Benjamin and said: Go, and lie hid in the vineyards, 21:21. And when you shall see the daughters of Silo come out, as the custom is, to dance, come ye on a sudden out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his
- 161 2:12. The Lord render unto thee for thy work, and mayst thou receive a full reward of the Lord the G.o.d of Israel, to whom thou art come, and under whose wings thou art fled.2:13. And she said: I have found grace in thy eyes, my lord, who hast comforted
- 162 4:14. And the women said to Noemi: Blessed be the Lord, who hath not suffered thy family to want a successor: that his name should be preserved in Israel.4:15. And thou shouldst have one to comfort thy soul, and cherish thy old age. For he is born of thy
- 163 2:1. My heart hath rejoiced in the Lord, and my horn is exalted in my G.o.d: my mouth is enlarged over my enemies: because I have joyed in thy salvation.My horn... The horn in the scriptures signifies strength, power, the horn is said to be exalted, when
- 164 3:8. And the Lord called Samuel again the third time. And he arose up and went to Heli, 3:9. And said: Here am I: for thou didst call me. Then Heli understood that the Lord called the child, and he said to Samuel: Go, and sleep: and if he shall call thee
- 165 5:7. And the men of Azotus seeing this kind of plague, said: The ark of the G.o.d of Israel shall not stay with us: for his hand is heavy upon us, and upon Dagon, our G.o.d.5:8. And sending, they gathered together all the lords of the Philistines to them,
- 166 1 Kings Chapter 8 Samuel growing old, and his sons not walking in his ways, the people desire a king.8:1. And it came to pa.s.s, when Samuel was old, that he appointed his sons to be judges over Israel.8:2. Now the name of his firstborn son was Joel: and
- 167 9:21. And Saul answering, said: Am not I a son of Jemini of the least tribe of Israel, and my kindred the last among all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then hast thou spoken this word to me?9:22. Then Samuel taking Saul, and his servant, broug
- 168 11:7. And taking both the oxen, he cut them in pieces, and sent them into all the coasts of Israel, by messengers, saying: Whosoever shall not come forth, and follow Saul and Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen. And the fear of the Lord fell upon the
- 169 And he offered the holocaust.13:10. And when he had made an end of offering the holocaust, behold Samuel came: and Saul went forth to meet him and salute him.13:11. And Samuel said to him: What hast thou done? Saul answered: Because I saw that the people
- 170 14:32. And falling upon the spoils, they took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people ate them with the blood.14:33. And they told Saul that the people had sinned against the Lord, eating with the blood. And he said: You h
- 171 15:25. But now bear, I beseech thee, my sin, and return with me, that I may adore the Lord.15:26. And Samuel said to Saul: I will not return with thee, because thou hath rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord hath rejected thee from being king over I
- 172 17:11. And Saul and all the Israelites hearing these words of the Philistine, were dismayed, and greatly afraid.17:12. Now David was the son of that Ephrathite, of Bethlehem Juda, before mentioned, whose name was Isai, who had eight sons, and was an old m
- 173 18:1. And it came to pa.s.s, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, the son of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.18:2. And Saul took him that day, and would not let him return to his father's house
- 174 19:17. And Saul said to Michol: Why hast thou deceived me so, and let my enemy go and flee away? And Michol answered Saul: Because he said to me: Let me go, or else I will kill thee.19:18. But David fled and escaped, and came to Samuel in Ramatha, and tol
- 175 20:35. And when the morning came, Jonathan went into the field according to the appointment with David, and a little boy with him.20:36. And he said to his boy: Go, and fetch me the arrows which I shoot. And when the boy ran, he shot another arrow beyond
- 176 22:18. And the king said to Doeg: Turn thou, and fall upon the priests.And Doeg, the Edomite, turned, and fell upon the priests, and slew in that day eighty-five men that wore the linen ephod.22:19. And n.o.be, the city of the priests, he smote with the e
- 177 24:10. And said to Saul: Why dost thou hear the words of men that say: David seeketh thy hurt?24:11 Behold this day thy eyes have seen, that the Lord hath delivered thee into my hand, in the cave, and I had a thought to kill thee, but my eye hath spared t
- 178 25:30. And when the Lord shall have done to thee, my lord, all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have made thee prince over Israel, 25:31 This shall not be an occasion of grief to thee, and a scruple of heart to my lord, that thou ha
- 179 27:6. Then Achis gave him Siceleg that day: for which reason Siceleg belongeth to the kings of Juda unto this day.27:7. And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines, was four months.27:8. And David and his men went up, and pillaged Gess
- 180 1 Kings Chapter 30 The Amalecites burn Siceleg, and carry off the prey: David pursueth after them, and recovereth all out of their hands.30:1. Now when David and his men were come to Siceleg on the third day, the Amalecites had made an invasion on the sou
- 181 THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS This Book relates the transactions from the death of Saul until the end of David's reign, being a history for the s.p.a.ce of about forty-six years.2 Kings Chapter 1 David mourneth for the death of Saul and Jonathan: he order
- 182 2:12. And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Isboseth the son of Saul, went out from the camp to Gabaon.2:13. And Joab the son of Sarvia, and the servants of David went out, and met them by the pool of Gabaon. And when they were come together, they
- 183 3:26. Then Joab going out from David, sent messengers after Abner, and brought him back from the cistern of Sira, David knowing nothing of it.3:27. And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside to the middle of the gate, to speak to him treac
- 184 5:20. And David came to Baal Pharisim: and defeated them there, and he said, The Lord hath divided my enemies before me, as waters are divided.Therefore the name of the place was called Baal Pharisim.5:21. And they left there their idols: which David and
- 185 7:15. But my mercy I will not take away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before my face.7:16. And thy house shall be faithful, and thy kingdom for ever before thy face, and thy throne shall be firm for ever.7:17. According to all thes
- 186 9:10. Thou therefore and the sons and thy servants shall till the land for him: and thou shalt bring in food for thy master's son, that he may be maintained: and Miphiboseth the son of thy master shall always eat bread at my table. And Siba had fifte
- 187 11:24. And the archers shot their arrows at thy servants from off the wall above: and some of the king's servants are slain, and thy servant Urias the Hethite is also dead.11:25. And David said to the messenger: Thus shalt thou say to Joab: Let not t
- 188 13:8. And Thamar came to the house of Ammon her brother: but he was laid down: and she took meal and tempered it: and dissolving it in his sight she made little messes.13:9. And taking what she had boiled, she poured it out, and set it before him, but he
- 189 14:18. And the king answering, said to the woman: Hide not from me the thing that I ask thee. And the woman said to him: Speak, my lord the king.14:19. And the king said: Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this?The woman answered, and said: By the h
- 190 15:30. But David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, going up and weeping, walking barefoot, and with his head covered, and all the people that were with them, went up with their heads covered weeping.Weeping, etc... David on this occasion wept for his
- 191 17:12. And we shall come upon him in what place soever he shall be found: and we shall cover him, as the dew falleth upon the ground, and we shall not leave of the men that are with him, not so much as one.17:13. And if he shall enter into any city, all I
- 192 18:28. And Achimaas crying out, said to the king: G.o.d save thee, O king.And falling down before the king with his face to the ground, he said: Blessed be the Lord thy G.o.d, who hath shut up the men that have lifted up their hands against the lord my ki
- 193 19:41. Therefore all the men of Israel running together to the king, said to him: Why have our brethren the men of Juda stolen thee away, and have brought the king and his household over the Jordan, and all the men of David with him?19:42. And all the men
- 194 21:15. And the Philistines made war again against Israel, and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. And David growing faint, 21:16. Jesbiben.o.b, who was of the race of Arapha, the iron of whose spear weighed thre
- 195 22:40. Thou hast girded me with strength to battle: thou hast made them that resisted me to bow under me.22:41. My enemies thou hast made to turn their back to me: them that hated me, and I shall destroy them.22:42. They shall cry, and there shall be none
- 196 23:32. Eliaba of Salaboni. The sons of Ja.s.sen, Jonathan, 23:33. Semma of Orori, Aliam the son of Sarar the Arorite, 23:34. Eliphelet the son of Aasbai the son of Machati, Eliam the son of Achitophel the Gelonite, 23:35. Hesrai of Carmel, Pharai of Arbi,
- 197 1:7. And he conferred with Joab, the son of Sarvia, and with Abiathar, the priest, who furthered Adonias's side.1:8. But Sadoc, the priest, and Banaias, the son of Joiada, and Nathan, the prophet, and Semei, and Rei, and the strength of David's
- 198 2:2. I am going the way of all flesh: take thou courage and shew thyself a man.2:3. And keep the charge of the Lord thy G.o.d, to walk in his ways, and observe his ceremonies, and his precepts, and judgments, and testimonies, as it is written in the law o
- 199 3:1. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon, and he made affinity with Pharao, the king of Egypt: for he took his daughter, and brought her into the city of David: until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the Lo
- 200 4:19. Gaber, the son of Uri, in the land of Galaad, in the land of Sehon, the king of the Amorrhites, and of Og, the king of Basan, over all that were in that land.4:20. Juda and Israel were innumerable, as the sand of the sea in mult.i.tude; eating and d