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Sirach 20:14-16
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Sirach 20:14-16
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
14 A fool’s gift will profit you nothing,[a]
for he looks for recompense sevenfold.[b]
15 He gives little and upbraids much;
he opens his mouth like a town crier.
Today he lends and tomorrow he asks for it back;
such a one is hateful to God and humans.[c]
16 The fool says, ‘I have no friends,
and I get no thanks for my good deeds.
Those who eat my bread are evil-tongued.’
Footnotes
- Sirach 20:14 Other ancient authorities add so it is with the envious who give under compulsion
- Sirach 20:14 Syr: Gk he has many eyes instead of one
- Sirach 20:15 Other ancient authorities lack to God and humans
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA)
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