Sirach · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Sirach 34 Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Notes on this text (1)
- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
Sirach is not in RV1909.
1 Watching for riches consumeth the flesh, And the care thereof driveth away sleep.
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2 Watching care will not let a man slumber, As a sore disease breaketh sleep.
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3 The rich hath great labor in gathering riches together; And when he resteth, he is filled with his delicacies.
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4 The poor laboreth in his poor estate; And when he leaveth off, he is still needy.
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5 He that loveth gold shall not be justified, And he that followeth corruption shall have enough thereof.
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6 Gold hath been the ruin of many, And their destruction was present.
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7 It is a stumbling block unto them that sacrifice unto it, And every fool shall be taken therewith.
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8 Blessed is the rich that is found without blemish, And hath not gone after gold.
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9 Who is he? and we will call him blessed: For wonderful things hath he done among his people.
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10 Who hath been tried thereby, and found perfect? Then let him glory. Who might offend, and hath not offended? Or done evil, and hath not done it?
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11 His goods shall be established, And the congregation shall declare his alms.
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12 If thou sit at a bountiful table, Be not greedy upon it, And say not, There is much meat on it.
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13 Remember that a wicked eye is an evil thing: And what is created more wicked than an eye? Therefore it weepeth upon every occasion.
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14 Stretch not thy hand whithersoever it looketh, And thrust it not with him into the dish.
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15 Judge of thy neighbor by thyself: And be discreet in every point.
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16 Eat, as it becometh a man, those things which are set before thee; And devour not, lest thou be hated.
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17 Leave off first for manners’ sake; And be not unsatiable, lest thou offend.
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18 When thou sittest among many, Reach not thy hand out first of all.
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19 A very little is sufficient for a man well nurtured, And he fetcheth not his wind short upon his bed.
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20 Sound sleep cometh of moderate eating: He riseth early, and his wits are with him: But the pain of watching, and choler, and pangs of the belly, are with an unsatiable man.
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21 And if thou hast been forced to eat, Arise, go forth, vomit, and thou shalt have rest.
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22 My son, hear me, and despise me not, And at the last thou shalt find as I told thee: In all thy works be quick, So shall there no sickness come unto thee.
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23 Whoso is liberal of his meat, men shall speak well of him; And the report of his good housekeeping will be believed.
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24 But against him that is a niggard of his meat the whole city shall murmur; And the testimonies of his niggardness shall not be doubted of.
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25 Show not thy valiantness in wine; For wine hath destroyed many.
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26 The furnace proveth the edge by dipping: So doth wine the hearts of the proud by drunkenness.
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27 Wine is as good as life to a man, if it be drunk moderately: What life is then to a man that is without wine? For it was made to make men glad.
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28 Wine measurably drunk and in season Bringeth gladness of the heart, and cheerfulness of the mind:
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29 But wine drunken with excess maketh bitterness of the mind, With brawling and quarreling.
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30 Drunkenness increaseth the rage of a fool till he offend: It diminisheth strength, and maketh wounds.
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31 Rebuke not thy neighbor at the wine, And despise him not in his mirth: Give him no despiteful words, And press not upon him with urging him [to drink].
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