Sirach 20:16
Good News Translation
Then that fool will say, "Nobody likes me. Nobody appreciates what I do for them. They'll take what I give them, but then talk about me behind my back."

New Revised Standard Version
The fool says, “I have no friends, and I get no thanks for my good deeds. Those who eat my bread are evil-tongued.”

Contemporary English Version
Fools think they have no friends and that no one appreciates their good deeds. They invite you over for a meal but believe that you will later say bad things about them.

New American Bible
A fool says, “I have no friends nor thanks for my generosity.” Those who eat his bread have a mocking tongue.

Douay-Rheims Bible
To day a man lendeth, and to morrow he asketh it again: such a man as this is hateful.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

To day a man lendeth, and to morrow he asketh it again: such a man as this is hateful.

Sirach 20:14
The gift of the fool shall do thee no good: for his eyes are sevenfold.

Sirach 20:15
He will give a few things, and upbraid much: and the opening of his mouth is the kindling of a fire.

Sirach 20:17
A fool shall have no friend, and there shall be no thanks for his good deeds.

Sirach 20:18
For they that eat his bread, are of a false tongue. How often, and how many will laugh him to scorn!

Context
Sirach 20
15He will give a few things, and upbraid much: and the opening of his mouth is the kindling of a fire. 16To day a man lendeth, and to morrow he asketh it again: such a man as this is hateful. 17A fool shall have no friend, and there shall be no thanks for his good deeds.…
Cross References
Sirach 20:14
The gift of the fool shall do thee no good: for his eyes are sevenfold.

Sirach 20:15
He will give a few things, and upbraid much: and the opening of his mouth is the kindling of a fire.

Sirach 20:17
A fool shall have no friend, and there shall be no thanks for his good deeds.

Sirach 20:18
For they that eat his bread, are of a false tongue. How often, and how many will laugh him to scorn!



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 20:15
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