Sirach 19:3
Good News Translation
and that carelessness will cost him his life. Worms will feed on his decaying body.

New Revised Standard Version
Decay and worms will take possession of him, and the reckless person will be snatched away.

Contemporary English Version
Death will come suddenly, then their bodies will rot and be eaten by worms.

New American Bible
Rottenness and worms will possess him, and the reckless will be snatched away.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he that joineth himself to harlots, will be wicked. Rottenness and worms shall inherit him, and he shall be lifted up for a greater example, and his soul shall be taken away out of the number.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he that joineth himself to harlots, will be wicked. Rottenness and worms shall inherit him, and he shall be lifted up for a greater example, and his soul shall be taken away out of the number.

Sirach 19:1
A workman that is a drunkard shall not be rich: and he that contemneth small things, shall fall by little and little.

Sirach 19:2
Wine and women make wise men fall off, and shall rebuke the prudent:

Sirach 19:4
He that is hasty to give credit, is light of heart, and shall be lessened: and he that sinneth against his own soul, shall be despised.

Sirach 19:5
He that rejoiceth in iniquity, shall be censured, and he that hateth chastisement, shall have less life: and he that hateth babbling, extinguisheth evil.

Context
Sirach 19
2Wine and women make wise men fall off, and shall rebuke the prudent: 3And he that joineth himself to harlots, will be wicked. Rottenness and worms shall inherit him, and he shall be lifted up for a greater example, and his soul shall be taken away out of the number. 4He that is hasty to give credit, is light of heart, and shall be lessened: and he that sinneth against his own soul, shall be despised.…
Cross References
Sirach 19:1
A workman that is a drunkard shall not be rich: and he that contemneth small things, shall fall by little and little.

Sirach 19:2
Wine and women make wise men fall off, and shall rebuke the prudent:

Sirach 19:4
He that is hasty to give credit, is light of heart, and shall be lessened: and he that sinneth against his own soul, shall be despised.

Sirach 19:5
He that rejoiceth in iniquity, shall be censured, and he that hateth chastisement, shall have less life: and he that hateth babbling, extinguisheth evil.



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Sirach 19:2
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