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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 40
In 4 translations
- KJV
- To labour, and to be content with that a man hath, is a sweet life: but he that findeth a treasure is above them both.
- WEB
- The life of one who labors and is content will be made sweet. He who finds a treasure is better than both.
- DRC
- The life of a labourer that is content with what he hath, shall be sweet, and in it thou shalt find a treasure.
- LXXE
- To labour, and to be content with that a man hath, is a sweet life: but he that findeth a treasure is above them both.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ζωὴ αὐτάρκους ἐργάτου γλυκανθήσεται, καὶ ὑπὲρ ἀμφότερα ὁ εὑρίσκων θησαυρόν.