Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation When a person dies, all he then possesses is worms, flies, and maggots. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge All power is of short life. A long sickness is troublesome to the physician. Sirach 10:9But nothing is more wicked than the covetous man. Why is earth, and ashes proud? Sirach 10:10 There is not a more wicked thing than to love money: for such a one setteth even his own soul to sale: because while he liveth he hath cast away his bowels. Sirach 10:12 The physician cutteth off a short sickness: so also a king is to day, and to morrow he shall die. Sirach 10:13 For when a man shall die, he shall inherit serpents, and beasts, and worms. Context Sirach 10…10There is not a more wicked thing than to love money: for such a one setteth even his own soul to sale: because while he liveth he hath cast away his bowels. 11All power is of short life. A long sickness is troublesome to the physician. 12The physician cutteth off a short sickness: so also a king is to day, and to morrow he shall die.… Cross References Sirach 10:9 But nothing is more wicked than the covetous man. Why is earth, and ashes proud? Sirach 10:10 There is not a more wicked thing than to love money: for such a one setteth even his own soul to sale: because while he liveth he hath cast away his bowels. Sirach 10:12 The physician cutteth off a short sickness: so also a king is to day, and to morrow he shall die. Sirach 10:13 For when a man shall die, he shall inherit serpents, and beasts, and worms. |
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