Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 34:26

οὕτως ἄνθρωπος νηστεύων ἐπὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ πάλιν πορευόμενος καὶ τὰ αὐτὰ ποιῶν· τῆς προσευχῆς αὐτοῦ τίς εἰσακούσεται; καὶ τί ὠφέλησεν ἐν τῷ ταπεινωθῆναι αὐτόν;
King James Version (KJV)

So is it with a man that fasteth for his sins, and goeth again, and doeth the same: who will hear his prayer? or what doth his humbling profit him?

Modern English

So it is with a man who fasts for his sins and then goes and does the same thing again — who will hear his prayer, and what good does his humbling himself do him?

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