Good News Translation
Poor people work hard and have nothing to show for it, and when they rest, they are still poor.

New Revised Standard Version
The poor person toils to make a meager living, and if ever he rests he becomes needy.

Contemporary English Version
But the poor work hard and barely earn a living, and if they rest, they become even poorer.

New American Bible
The poor labor for a meager living, and if they ever rest, they become needy.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The poor man hath laboured in his low way of life, and in the end he is still poor.

The poor man hath laboured in his low way of life, and in the end he is still poor.

Sirach 31:2
The thinking beforehand turneth away the understanding, and a grievous sickness maketh the soul sober.

Sirach 31:3
The rich man hath laboured in gathering riches together, and when he resteth he shall be filled with his goods.

Sirach 31:5
He that loveth gold, shall not be justified: and he that followeth after corruption, shall be filled with it.

Sirach 31:6
Many have been brought to fall for gold, and the beauty thereof hath been their ruin.