Sirach 34:28

6 translations of 23 that include the deuterocanon

Brenton English Septuagint

Wine measurably drunk and in season bringeth gladness of the heart, and cheerfulness of the mind:

When one buildeth up, and another pulleth down: what profit have they but the labour?

Wine measurably drunk and in season Bringeth gladness of the heart, and cheerfulness of the mind:

Hlang kah mikphi soah im aka sa khaw om,

Ἀγαλλίαμα καρδίας καὶ εὐφροσύνη ψυχῆς οἶνος πινόμενος ἐν καιρῷ αὐτάρκης·

Unus ædificans, et unus destruens: quid prodest illis, nisi labor?

The traditions broadly agree on this one.

Broad agreement: 195 BC–175 BC Jesus ben Sira
The translator's preface dates his own work to 132 BC, two generations after his grandfather wrote.

Events overlapping when this passage is dated (195 BC–175 BC).

1070 BC–350 AD The kingdom of Kush Africa
A Nubian power on the upper Nile that ruled Egypt itself as its twenty-fifth dynasty.
500 BC–500 AD The Nazca lines South America
Vast figures drawn on the Peruvian desert, visible only from the surrounding hills.
322 BC–185 BC The Mauryan empire India
The first empire to unite most of the Indian subcontinent.
280 BC–130 BC Hebrew scriptures translated into Greek Egypt
The Septuagint was produced in Alexandria, making the Hebrew scriptures readable across the Greek-speaking world.
264 BC–146 BC Punic wars Rome
Rome defeated Carthage in three wars, becoming the dominant western Mediterranean power.
206 BC–220 AD The Han dynasty China
Four centuries of Chinese rule contemporary with the whole of Roman expansion.