Sirach 41:13
Good News Translation
A good life lasts only so long, but a good reputation will last forever.

New Revised Standard Version
The days of a good life are numbered, but a good name lasts forever.

Contemporary English Version
Every one of us must die, but our reputations won't.

New American Bible
The good things of life last a number of days, but a good name, for days without number.

Douay-Rheims Bible
All things that are of the earth, shall return into the earth: so the ungodly shall from malediction to destruction.

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All things that are of the earth, shall return into the earth: so the ungodly shall from malediction to destruction.

Sirach 41:11
Woe to you, ungodly men, who have forsaken the law of the most high Lord.

Sirach 41:12
And if you be born, you shall be born in malediction: and if you die, in malediction shall be your portion.

Sirach 41:14
The mourning of men is about their body, but the name of the ungodly shall be blotted out.

Sirach 41:15
Take care of a good name: for this shall continue with thee, more than a thousand treasures precious and great.

Context
Sirach 41
12And if you be born, you shall be born in malediction: and if you die, in malediction shall be your portion. 13All things that are of the earth, shall return into the earth: so the ungodly shall from malediction to destruction. 14The mourning of men is about their body, but the name of the ungodly shall be blotted out.…
Cross References
Sirach 41:11
Woe to you, ungodly men, who have forsaken the law of the most high Lord.

Sirach 41:12
And if you be born, you shall be born in malediction: and if you die, in malediction shall be your portion.

Sirach 41:14
The mourning of men is about their body, but the name of the ungodly shall be blotted out.

Sirach 41:15
Take care of a good name: for this shall continue with thee, more than a thousand treasures precious and great.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 41:12
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