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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 14
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Riches are not comely for a niggard: and what should an envious man do with money?
- WEB
- Riches are not appropriate for a stingy person. What would a miser do with money?
- DRC
- Riches are not comely for a covetous man and a niggard, and what should an envious man do with gold?
- LXXE
- Riches are not comely for a niggard: and what should an envious man do with money?
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἀνδρὶ μικρολόγῳ οὐ καλὸς ὁ πλοῦτος, καὶ ἀνθρώπῳ βασκάνῳ ἱνατί χρήματα;