Sirach 41:9-11

Common English Bible

⁹When you are born,
you are born to a curse,
    and when you die,
    you will leave a curse as your legacy.^[a]
¹⁰Everything that’s from the earth
will go back to the earth;
    so the ungodly come from a curse
    and go to destruction.

¹¹Human beings show their grief
in their bodies,
but the no-good name of sinners
will be erased.^[b]

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Footnotes

Sirach 41:9 Heb If you have children, harm will be at hand, and if you become a parent, you will sigh. If you stumble, it will evoke lasting joy, and if you die, you will be allotted a curse.
Sirach 41:11 Heb The bodies of human beings are vapor, but a virtuous name will never be cut off.