Sirach 34:28-30

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²⁸ When one buildeth up, and another pulleth down: what profit have they but the labour?

²⁹ When one prayeth, and another curseth: whose voice will God hear?

³⁰ He that washeth himself after touching the dead, if he toucheth him again, what doth his washing avail?