Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 11:19

ἐν τῷ εἰπεῖν αὐτόν· εὗρον ἀνάπαυσιν καὶ νῦν φάγομαι ἐκ τῶν ἀγαθῶν μου, καὶ οὐκ οἶδε τίς καιρὸς παρελεύσεται καὶ καταλείψει αὐτὰ ἑτέροις καὶ ἀποθανεῖται.
King James Version (KJV)

Whereas he saith, I have found rest, and now will eat continually of my goods; and yet he knoweth not what time shall come upon him, and that he must leave those things to others, and die.

Modern English

he says, "I have found rest, and now I will feast on my goods forever" — yet he does not know how much time he has left before he must leave it all to others and die.

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