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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 31
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Watching for riches consumeth the flesh, and the care thereof driveth away sleep.
- WEB
- Wakefulness that comes from riches consumes the flesh, and anxiety about it takes away sleep.
- DRC
- Watching for riches consumeth the flesh, and the thought thereof driveth away sleep.
- LXXE
- The hopes of a man void of understanding are vain and false: and dreams lift up fools.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Κέναι ἐλπίδες καὶ ψευδεῖς ἀσυνέτῳ ἀνδρὶ, καὶ ἐνύπνια ἀναπτεροῦσιν ἄφρονας.