Sirach 14:16
Good News Translation
So be generous; but also be willing to receive from others. Enjoy yourself, for you will not find any pleasures in the world of the dead.

New Revised Standard Version
Give, and take, and indulge yourself, because in Hades one cannot look for luxury.

Contemporary English Version
Give and accept gifts, and treat yourself well, because there is nothing good in the world of the dead.

New American Bible
Give and take, treat yourself well, for in Sheol there are no joys to seek.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Give and take, and justify thy soul.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Give and take, and justify thy soul.

Sirach 14:14
Defraud not thyself of the good day, and let not the part of a good gift overpass thee.

Sirach 14:15
Shalt thou not leave to others to divide by lot thy sorrows and labours?

Sirach 14:17
Before thy death work justice: for in hell there is no finding food.

Sirach 14:18
All flesh shall fade as grass, and as the leaf that springeth out on a green tree.

Context
Sirach 14
15Shalt thou not leave to others to divide by lot thy sorrows and labours? 16Give and take, and justify thy soul. 17Before thy death work justice: for in hell there is no finding food.…
Cross References
Sirach 14:14
Defraud not thyself of the good day, and let not the part of a good gift overpass thee.

Sirach 14:15
Shalt thou not leave to others to divide by lot thy sorrows and labours?

Sirach 14:17
Before thy death work justice: for in hell there is no finding food.

Sirach 14:18
All flesh shall fade as grass, and as the leaf that springeth out on a green tree.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 14:15
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