Sirach 13:19
Good News Translation
The rich hunt down the poor just as lions hunt down wild donkeys in the open country.

New Revised Standard Version
Wild asses in the wilderness are the prey of lions; likewise the poor are feeding grounds for the rich.

Contemporary English Version
Desert lions will always feast on wild donkeys, and the rich will gobble up the needy.

New American Bible
Wild donkeys of the desert are lion’s prey; likewise the poor are feeding grounds for the rich.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Every beast loveth its like: so also every man him that is nearest to himself.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Every beast loveth its like: so also every man him that is nearest to himself.

Sirach 13:17
When thou hearest those things, see as it were in sleep, and thou shalt awake.

Sirach 13:18
Love God all thy life, and call upon him for thy salvation.

Sirach 13:20
All flesh shall consort with the like to itself, and every man shall associate himself to his like.

Sirach 13:21
If the wolf shall at any time have fellowship with the lamb, so the sinner with the just.

Context
Sirach 13
18Love God all thy life, and call upon him for thy salvation. 19Every beast loveth its like: so also every man him that is nearest to himself. 20All flesh shall consort with the like to itself, and every man shall associate himself to his like.…
Cross References
Sirach 13:17
When thou hearest those things, see as it were in sleep, and thou shalt awake.

Sirach 13:18
Love God all thy life, and call upon him for thy salvation.

Sirach 13:20
All flesh shall consort with the like to itself, and every man shall associate himself to his like.

Sirach 13:21
If the wolf shall at any time have fellowship with the lamb, so the sinner with the just.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 13:18
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