Sirach 14:15-17

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Won’t you end up leaving behind
to another what you have worked
so hard for?
    Won’t the things you have toiled for
    end up being divided by lot?
¹⁶ Give, take, and distract yourself,^[a]
    because you can’t search for luxury
    in the grave.^[b]
17 All flesh grows old like a garment;
    the ancient decree is,
    “You will certainly die!”