Sirach 10:9

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

Why is earth and ashes proud? Because in his life he hath cast away his bowels.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Why is earth and ashes proud? There is not a more wicked thing than a covetous man: for such an one setteth his own soul to sale; because while he liveth he casteth away his bowels.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

But nothing is more wicked than the covetous man. Why is earth and ashes proud?

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

Why is earth and ashes proud? There is not a more wicked thing than a covetous man: for such an one setteth his own soul to sale; because while he liveth he casteth away his bowels.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

Why is earth and ashes proud? There is not a more wicked thing than a covetous man: For such an one setteth his own soul to sale; Because while he liveth he casteth away his bowels.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

Why is earth and ashes proud? There is not a more wicked thing than a covetous man: for such an one sets his own soul to sale; because while he lives he casts away his bowels.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

Why is earth and ashes proud? There is not a more wicked thing than a covetous man: for such an one sets his own soul to sale; because while he lives he casts away his bowels.

Revised Version ☆

Why is earth and ashes proud? Because in his life he hath cast away his bowels.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Why is earth and ashes proud? There is not a more wicked thing than a covetous man: For such a one setteth his own soul to sale; Because while he liveth he casteth away his bowels.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

Why are dirt and ashes proud? Because in life, my body decays.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

Why are dirt and ashes proud? Because in life, my body decays.

World English Bible Classic ☆

Why are dirt and ashes proud? Because in life, my body decays.

World English Bible Updated ☆

Why are dirt and ashes proud? Because in life, my body decays.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Metlae laipi neh hmaiphu khaw a koevoei thai, Hlang hing pum he a hing li vaengah mah hmawn coeng ta.

Croatian Bible ☆

Što se toliko oholi prah i pepeo - kad već za života ima crvljiva crijeva?

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Wat durft stof en as zich verheffen, Wiens lichaam reeds bij zijn leven verteert.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Pourquoi la terre et les cendres sont-elles fières ? Parce que dans la vie, mon corps se décompose.

SEPTUAGINTA ☆

τί ὑπερηφανεύεται γῆ καὶ σποδός; ὅτι ἐν ζωῇ ἔρριψα τὰ ἐνδόσθια αὐτοῦ.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Τί ὑπερηφανεύεται γῆ καὶ σποδός; ὅτι ἐν ζωῇ ἔῤῥιψα τὰ ἐνδόσθια αὐτοῦ.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Avaro autem nihil est scelestius. Quid superbit terra et cinis?

Mashi Bible ☆

Cirhuma obudaka n’oluvù bicîbona, n’obwo oku acizîne erhi n’obulà mîra bwabayaga?

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Spanish BLL ☆

¿Por qué se enorgullecen el polvo y la ceniza? Porque en vida, mi cuerpo se descompone.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

¿Por qué la suciedad y la ceniza son orgullosas? Porque en la vida, mi cuerpo decae.