Sirach 10:11
Good News Translation
When a person dies, all he then possesses is worms, flies, and maggots.

New Revised Standard Version
For when one is dead he inherits maggots and vermin and worms.

Contemporary English Version
Then after our death, our bodies are eaten by wild animals and maggots and worms.

New American Bible
When a people die, they inherit corruption and worms, gnats and maggots.

Douay-Rheims Bible
All power is of short life. A long sickness is troublesome to the physician.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

All power is of short life. A long sickness is troublesome to the physician.

Sirach 10:9
But nothing is more wicked than the covetous man. Why is earth, and ashes proud?

Sirach 10:10
There is not a more wicked thing than to love money: for such a one setteth even his own soul to sale: because while he liveth he hath cast away his bowels.

Sirach 10:12
The physician cutteth off a short sickness: so also a king is to day, and to morrow he shall die.

Sirach 10:13
For when a man shall die, he shall inherit serpents, and beasts, and worms.

Context
Sirach 10
10There is not a more wicked thing than to love money: for such a one setteth even his own soul to sale: because while he liveth he hath cast away his bowels. 11All power is of short life. A long sickness is troublesome to the physician. 12The physician cutteth off a short sickness: so also a king is to day, and to morrow he shall die.…
Cross References
Sirach 10:9
But nothing is more wicked than the covetous man. Why is earth, and ashes proud?

Sirach 10:10
There is not a more wicked thing than to love money: for such a one setteth even his own soul to sale: because while he liveth he hath cast away his bowels.

Sirach 10:12
The physician cutteth off a short sickness: so also a king is to day, and to morrow he shall die.

Sirach 10:13
For when a man shall die, he shall inherit serpents, and beasts, and worms.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 10:10
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