Sirach 13:5
Good News Translation
He will live with you as long as you have anything and will gladly drain you dry.

New Revised Standard Version
If you own something, he will live with you; he will drain your resources without a qualm.

Contemporary English Version
When they come to visit you, they will soak up what little you have.

New American Bible
As long as you have anything they will live with you, but they will drain you dry without remorse.

Douay-Rheims Bible
If thou give, he will make use of thee: and if thou have nothing, he will forsake thee.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

If thou give, he will make use of thee: and if thou have nothing, he will forsake thee.

Sirach 13:3
What agreement shall the earthen pot have with the kettle? for if they knock one against the other, it shall be broken.

Sirach 13:4
The rich man hath done wrong, and yet he will fume: but the poor is wronged and must hold his peace.

Sirach 13:6
If thou have any thing, he will live with thee, and will make thee bare, and he will not be sorry for thee.

Sirach 13:7
If he have need of thee he will deceive thee, and smiling upon thee will put thee in hope; he will speak thee fair, and will say: What wantest thou?

Context
Sirach 13
4The rich man hath done wrong, and yet he will fume: but the poor is wronged and must hold his peace. 5If thou give, he will make use of thee: and if thou have nothing, he will forsake thee. 6If thou have any thing, he will live with thee, and will make thee bare, and he will not be sorry for thee.…
Cross References
Sirach 13:3
What agreement shall the earthen pot have with the kettle? for if they knock one against the other, it shall be broken.

Sirach 13:4
The rich man hath done wrong, and yet he will fume: but the poor is wronged and must hold his peace.

Sirach 13:6
If thou have any thing, he will live with thee, and will make thee bare, and he will not be sorry for thee.

Sirach 13:7
If he have need of thee he will deceive thee, and smiling upon thee will put thee in hope; he will speak thee fair, and will say: What wantest thou?



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 13:4
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