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18 Some become rich through a miser’s life,
    and this is their allotted reward:
19 When they say: “I have found rest,(A)
    now I will feast on my goods,”
They do not know how long it will be
    till they die and leave them to others.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 11:19 Cf. the parable of the rich man, Lk 12:16–21.
'Sirach 11:18-19' not found for the version: New International Version.

15 This too is a grievous evil, that they go just as they came. What then does it profit them to toil for the wind?

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15 Everyone comes naked from their mother’s womb,
    and as everyone comes, so they depart.(A)
They take nothing from their toil(B)
    that they can carry in their hands.(C)

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For we brought nothing into the world, just as we shall not be able to take anything out of it.(A)

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For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.(A)

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