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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 11

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 11:19

In 4 translations

KJV
Whereas he saith, I have found rest, and now will eat continually of my goods; and yet he knoweth not what time shall come upon him, and that he must leave those things to others, and die.
WEB
when he says, “I have found rest, and now I will eat of my goods!” he doesn’t know how much time will pass until he leaves them to others and dies.
DRC11:20
In that he saith: I have found me rest, and now I will eat of my goods alone: And he knoweth not what time shall pass, and that death approacheth, and that he must leave all to others, and shall die.
LXXE
whereas he saith, I have found rest, and now will eat continually of my goods; and yet he knoweth not what time shall come upon him, and that he must leave those things to others, and die.

Original-language editions

LXX-Br
Ἐν τῷ εἰπεῖν αὐτὸν, εὗρον ἀνάπαυσιν, καὶ νῦν φάγωμαι ἐκ τῶν ἀγαθῶν μου, καὶ οὐκ οἶδε τίς καιρὸς παρελεύσεται, καὶ καταλείψει αὐτὰ ἑτέροις, καὶ ἀποθανεῖται.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 11:19-20 in some Bibles
  • 11:19a in most Bibles
  • 11:19b in most Bibles

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