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Wisdom of Ben Sira 30:15-17
New Catholic Bible
Wisdom of Ben Sira 30:15-17
New Catholic Bible
15 Health and fitness are better than gold,
and a strong body[a] is better than countless riches.
16 There is no treasure to compare with health of body
and no happiness to surpass a joyful heart.
17 Death is better than a life of misery,
and eternal rest[b] is preferable to chronic illness.
Footnotes
- Wisdom of Ben Sira 30:15 Strong body: Hebrew reads: “good spirit.”
- Wisdom of Ben Sira 30:17 The author was not aware of the huge value placed on suffering that was only fully revealed in the New Testament by Christ’s Passion and Death. Eternal rest: lacking in some early MSS.