Sirach 14:16

16 Give, take, and distract yourself, because you can't search for luxury in the grave.

Sirach 14:16 In-Context

14 Enjoy a good day, and don't let your share of a good desire pass you by.

15 Won't you end up leaving behind to another what you have worked so hard for? Won't the things you have toiled for end up being divided by lot?

16 Give, take, and distract yourself, because you can't search for luxury in the grave.

17 All flesh grows old like a garment; the ancient decree is, "You will certainly die!"

18 Like a budding leaf on a leafy tree, it sheds some and it puts forth others; so is a generation of flesh and blood; one dies, and another is born.

Footnotes

• [a] Heb treat yourself well
• [b] LXX Hades; Heb Sheol