Sirach 11:26
Good News Translation
The Lord can easily wait until the day of our death to reward or punish us.

New Revised Standard Version
For it is easy for the Lord on the day of death to reward individuals according to their conduct.

Contemporary English Version
But at the end of life, the Lord will pay us back for what we have done.

New American Bible
For it is easy for the Lord on the day of death to repay mortals according to their conduct.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Say not: I am sufficient for myself: and what shall I be made worse by this?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Say not: I am sufficient for myself: and what shall I be made worse by this?

Sirach 11:24
The blessing of God maketh haste to reward the just, and in a swift hour his blessing beareth fruit.

Sirach 11:25
Say not: What need I, and what good shall I have by this?

Sirach 11:27
In the day of good things be not unmindful of evils: and in the day of evils be not unmindful of good things:

Sirach 11:28
For it is easy before God in the day of death to reward every one according to his ways.

Context
Sirach 11
25Say not: What need I, and what good shall I have by this? 26Say not: I am sufficient for myself: and what shall I be made worse by this? 27In the day of good things be not unmindful of evils: and in the day of evils be not unmindful of good things:…
Cross References
Sirach 11:24
The blessing of God maketh haste to reward the just, and in a swift hour his blessing beareth fruit.

Sirach 11:25
Say not: What need I, and what good shall I have by this?

Sirach 11:27
In the day of good things be not unmindful of evils: and in the day of evils be not unmindful of good things:

Sirach 11:28
For it is easy before God in the day of death to reward every one according to his ways.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 11:25
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