Sirach 41:3
Good News Translation
Do not be afraid of death's decree. Remember that it came to those before you and will come to those after you.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not fear death’s decree for you; remember those who went before you and those who will come after.

Contemporary English Version
When it's your time to die, don't be afraid-- you are merely following those who have gone on before. And everyone else will soon follow you,

New American Bible
Do not fear death’s decree for you; remember, it embraces those before you and those to come.

Douay-Rheims Bible
O death thy sentence is welcome to the man that is in need, and to him whose strength faileth:

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O death thy sentence is welcome to the man that is in need, and to him whose strength faileth:

Sirach 41:1
O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that hath peace in his possessions!

Sirach 41:2
To a man that is at rest, and whose ways are prosperous in all things, and that is yet able to take meat!

Sirach 41:4
Who is in a decrepit age, and that is in care about all things, and to the distrustful that loseth patience!

Sirach 41:5
Fear not the sentence of death. Remember what things have been before thee, and what shall come after thee: this sentence is from the Lord upon all flesh.

Context
Sirach 41
2To a man that is at rest, and whose ways are prosperous in all things, and that is yet able to take meat! 3O death thy sentence is welcome to the man that is in need, and to him whose strength faileth: 4Who is in a decrepit age, and that is in care about all things, and to the distrustful that loseth patience!…
Cross References
Sirach 41:1
O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that hath peace in his possessions!

Sirach 41:2
To a man that is at rest, and whose ways are prosperous in all things, and that is yet able to take meat!

Sirach 41:4
Who is in a decrepit age, and that is in care about all things, and to the distrustful that loseth patience!

Sirach 41:5
Fear not the sentence of death. Remember what things have been before thee, and what shall come after thee: this sentence is from the Lord upon all flesh.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 41:2
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