Genesis 3:15 Invalidates All Non-Vulgate Translations (and Exalts the Douay-Rheims)

[AveChristusRex]

I'm surprised I've never noticed this sooner...

So, as we very well know, many Protestant "translations" of the Bible mistranslate Genesis 3:15. Most of these Protestant "translations" mistranslate Genesis 3:15 to mean "he" or "it," as we can see below. The problem with this is that the word in Hebrew is ה֚וּא, which, according to Strong, means "he, she, it, that, this." "That" is used in Genesis 2:11; "he" is used in Genesis 2:13; and "she" is used in Genesis 3:12. St. Jerome translated 'ipsa,' meaning her. As we very well know, the Douay-Rheims is not wrong, everyone else is, and this is all-the-more confirmed by the Church.

According to the ex cathedra statement 'Ineffabilis Deus,' promulgated infallibly by Pope Bl. Pius IX: "Hence, just as Christ, the Mediator between God and man, assumed human nature, blotted the handwriting of the decree that stood against us, and fastened it triumphantly to the cross, so the most holy Virgin, united with him by a most intimate and indissoluble bond, was, with him and through him, eternally at enmity with the evil serpent, and most completely triumphed over him, and thus crushed his head with her immaculate foot." Moreover, in an even more direct manner: "As if these splendid eulogies and tributes were not sufficient, the Fathers proclaimed with particular and definite statements that when one treats of sin, the holy Virgin Mary is not even to be mentioned; for to her more grace was given than was necessary to conquer sin completely. They also declared that the most glorious Virgin was Reparatrix of the first parents, the giver of life to posterity; that she was chosen before the ages, prepared for himself by the Most High, foretold by God when he said to the serpent, “I will put enmities between you and the woman.” Unmistakable evidence that she crushed the poisonous head of the serpent." Finally, "All our hope do we repose in the most Blessed Virgin — in the all fair and immaculate one who has crushed the poisonous head of the most cruel serpent and brought salvation to the world..."

This was an infallible statement made by Pius IX, promulgated on December 8, 1854, made ex cathedra and is therefore considered to be infallible through the extraordinary magisterium. Here are a few examples of this error, note that the incorrect translation for ה֚וּא (masculine) will be blue, and the translation for ה֚וּא (common) will be red, any correct translation for ה֚וּא (feminine) will be purple]:

• New International Version (NIV): "And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel."
• New Living Translation (NLT): "And I will cause hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel."
• English Standard Version (ESV): "I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel."
• Berean Study Bible (BSB): "And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel."
• New American Standard Bible (NASB): "And I will make enemies Of you and the woman, And of your offspring and her Descendant; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise Him on the heel."
• NASB 1995 (NASB95): "And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel."
• NASB 1977 (NASB77): "And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel."
• Amplified Bible (AMP): "And I will put enmity (open hostility) Between you and the woman, And between your seed (offspring) and her Seed; He shall [fatally] bruise your head, And you shall [only] bruise His heel."
• Christian Standard Bible (CSB): "I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel."
• Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB): "I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel."
• Contemporary English Version (CEV): "You and this woman will hate each other; your descendants and hers will always be enemies. One of hers will strike you on the head, and you will strike him on the heel."
• Good News Translation (GNT): "I will make you and the woman hate each other; her offspring and yours will always be enemies. Her offspring will crush your head, and you will bite her offspring's heel."
• GOD'S WORD® Translation (GW): "I will make you and the woman hostile toward each other. I will make your descendants and her descendant hostile toward each other. He will crush your head, and you will bruise his heel."
• International Standard Version] (ISV): "I'll place hostility between you and the woman, between your offspring and her offspring. He'll strike you on the head, and you'll strike him on the heel."
• NET Bible (NET): "And I will put hostility between you and the woman and between your offspring and her offspring; her offspring will attack your head, and you will attack her offspring's heel."
• King James Bible (KJV): "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel."
• New King James Version (NKJV): "And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel."
• King James 2000 Bible (KJ2000): "And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel."
• New Heart English Bible (NHEB): "I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel."
• World English Bible (WEB): "I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel."
• American King James Version (AKJV): "And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; it shall bruise your head, andyou shall bruise his heel."
• American Standard Version (ASV): "and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel."
• A Faithful Version (AFV): "And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He will bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel."
• Darby Bible Translation (DBT): "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he shall crush thy head, and thou shalt crush his heel."
• English Revised Version (ERV): "and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel."
• Webster's Bible Translation (WBT): "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel."
• Geneva Bible of 1587 (GEN): "I wil also put enimitie betweene thee and the woman, and betweene thy seede & her seede. He shall breake thine head, and thou shalt bruise his heele."
• Bishops' Bible of 1568 (BB): "I wyll also put enmitie betweene thee & the woman, betweene thy seede and her seede: and it shall treade downe thy head, and thou shalt treade vpon his heele."
• Coverdale Bible of 1535 (COV): "And I wyll put enemyte betwene the and the woman, and betwene yi sede and hir sede. The same shal treade downe thy heade, and thou shalt treade him on the hele."
• Tyndale Bible of 1526 (TYN): "Morover I will put hatred betwene the and the woman and betwene thy seed and hyr seed. And that seed shall tread the on the heed ad thou shalt tread hit on the hele."
• Literal Standard Version (LSV): "and I put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He bruises your head, and you bruise His heel."
• Young's Literal Translation (YLT): "and enmity I put between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he doth bruise thee -- the head, and thou dost bruise him -- the heel."
• Smith's Literal Translation (SLT): "And I will put enmity between thee and between the woman, and between thy seed and between her seed; it shall lie in wait for thee as to the head, and thou shalt lie in wait for him as to the heel."
• Peshitta Holy Bible Translated (PHBT): "And I shall put hatred between you and the Woman, and between your seed and her seed. He shall tread upon your head and you will strike him in his heel."
• JPS Tanakh 1917 (JPS): "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; they shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise their heel."
• Brenton Septuagint Translation (LXX): "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman and between thy seed and her seed, he shall watch against thy head, and thou shalt watch against his heel."
• Lamsa Bible (LAM): "And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your posterity and her posterity; her posterity shall tread your head under foot, and you shall strike him in his heel."
• Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV): "I will put enmities between you and the woman, between your offspring and her offspring. She will crush your head, and you will lie in wait for her heel."
• Wycliffe Bible (WV): "Y schal sette enemytees bitwixe thee and the womman, and bitwixe thi seed and hir seed; sche schal breke thin heed, and thou schalt sette aspies to hir heele."

You can see here that all of the Bible Hub (biblehub.com) versions of Genesis 3:15 that are recorded [lay 3] state "he" or "it". Again, this was an infallible statement made by Pius IX, promulgated on December 8, 1854, made ex cathedra and is therefore considered to be infallible through the extraordinary magisterium. I don't think I need to explain this, but the Pope, when he speaks ex cathedra, is preserved from the possibility of error on doctrine "initially given to the apostolic Church and handed down in Scripture and tradition" (Cf. Avery Dulles, S.J.). Therefore, as the Holy Spirit guided the Pope in defining this doctrine, all translations that do not follow the feminine ה֚וּא in Genesis 3:12 are not valid translations of the Bible, and do not provide actualized spiritual gain.

This invalidates most, if not all, Protestant and Reformed in general translations of the Bible, further proving that only the Vulgate is trustworthy in providing accurate scripture, and only one who uses an English translation based solely on the Vulgate can fully understand Scripture, and thus only those who use the 1609 Douay-Rheims Bible, the official English Bible of the Church, can fully understand the Bible, and thus actualizes the salvific graces that come with the knowledge of Scripture.

What do you think?