Sirach 14:19
Good News Translation
Everything made by human hands will decay and perish, along with the person who made it.

New Revised Standard Version
Every work decays and ceases to exist, and the one who made it will pass away with it.

Contemporary English Version
Everything you ever made will someday turn to dust, then even the memory of you will disappear.

New American Bible
All human deeds surely perish; the works they do follow after them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Some grow, and some fall off: so is the generation of flesh and blood, one cometh to an end, and another is born.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Some grow, and some fall off: so is the generation of flesh and blood, one cometh to an end, and another is born.

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.

Sirach 14:20
Every work that is corruptible shall fail in the end: and the worker thereof shall go with it.

Sirach 14:21
And every excellent work shall be justified: and the worker thereof shall be honoured therein.

Context
Sirach 14
18All flesh shall fade as grass, and as the leaf that springeth out on a green tree. 19Some grow, and some fall off: so is the generation of flesh and blood, one cometh to an end, and another is born. 20Every work that is corruptible shall fail in the end: and the worker thereof shall go with it.…
Cross References
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.

Sirach 14:20
Every work that is corruptible shall fail in the end: and the worker thereof shall go with it.

Sirach 14:21
And every excellent work shall be justified: and the worker thereof shall be honoured therein.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 14:18
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