Sirach 34:28
New Revised Standard Version
When one builds and another tears down, what do they gain but hard work?

Contemporary English Version
So, if you steal possessions that others worked for, you will cause trouble for yourself and for them.

New American Bible
If one builds up and another tears down, what do they gain but trouble?

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Sirach 34:26
He that taketh away the bread gotten by sweat, is like him that killeth his neighbour.

Sirach 34:27
He that sheddeth blood, and he that defraudeth the laborer of his hire, are brothers.

Sirach 34:29
When one prayeth, and another curseth: whose voice will God hear?

Sirach 34:30
He that washeth himself after touching the dead, if he toucheth him again, what doth his washing avail?

Context
Sirach 34
27He that sheddeth blood, and he that defraudeth the laborer of his hire, are brothers. 28When one buildeth up, and another pulleth down: what profit have they but the labour? 29When one prayeth, and another curseth: whose voice will God hear?…
Cross References
Sirach 34:26
He that taketh away the bread gotten by sweat, is like him that killeth his neighbour.

Sirach 34:27
He that sheddeth blood, and he that defraudeth the laborer of his hire, are brothers.

Sirach 34:29
When one prayeth, and another curseth: whose voice will God hear?

Sirach 34:30
He that washeth himself after touching the dead, if he toucheth him again, what doth his washing avail?



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Sirach 34:27
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