Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 34:21

ἄρτος ἐπιδεομένων ζωὴ πτωχῶν, ὁ ἀποστερῶν αὐτὴν ἄνθρωπος αἱμάτων.
King James Version (KJV)

The bread of the needy is their life: he that defraudeth him thereof is a man of blood.

Modern English

The bread of the needy is their very life; whoever deprives them of it is a man of bloodshed.

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