Sirach 11:18
Good News Translation
Someone may grow rich by working hard and denying himself pleasure, but what does he get for it?

New Revised Standard Version
One becomes rich through diligence and self-denial, and the reward allotted to him is this:

Contemporary English Version
You can become rich, if you work hard and never spend any money. But then what?

New American Bible
Some become rich through a miser’s life, and this is their allotted reward:

Douay-Rheims Bible
There is one that is enriched by living sparingly, and this is the portion of his reward.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

There is one that is enriched by living sparingly, and this is the portion of his reward.

Sirach 11:16
Error and darkness are created with sinners: and they that glory in evil things, grow old in evil.

Sirach 11:17
The gift of God abideth with the just, and his advancement shall have success for ever.

Sirach 11:19
In that he saith: I have found me rest, and now I will eat of my goods alone:

Sirach 11:20
And he knoweth not what time shall pass, and that death approacheth, and that he must leave all to others, and shall die.

Context
Sirach 11
17The gift of God abideth with the just, and his advancement shall have success for ever. 18There is one that is enriched by living sparingly, and this is the portion of his reward. 19In that he saith: I have found me rest, and now I will eat of my goods alone:…
Cross References
Sirach 11:16
Error and darkness are created with sinners: and they that glory in evil things, grow old in evil.

Sirach 11:17
The gift of God abideth with the just, and his advancement shall have success for ever.

Sirach 11:19
In that he saith: I have found me rest, and now I will eat of my goods alone:

Sirach 11:20
And he knoweth not what time shall pass, and that death approacheth, and that he must leave all to others, and shall die.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 11:17
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