Sirach 41:4

4 This is the Lord's judgment for all beings: Why should you reject the good pleasure of the Most High? Whether ten or one hundred or one thousand years, there's no arguing about life in the grave.

Sirach 41:4 In-Context

2 Your sentence looks good, death, to a person who is needy and lacks strength, who is extremely old and anxious about everything, who is not compliant and whose endurance has failed.

3 Don't fear death's judgment; remember those who came before you and those who will come after you.

4 This is the Lord's judgment for all beings: Why should you reject the good pleasure of the Most High? Whether ten or one hundred or one thousand years, there's no arguing about life in the grave.

5 The children of sinners are detestable, and they live together in the neighborhoods of the ungodly.

6 The inheritance of sinners' children will be destroyed, and their offspring will always live in disgrace.

Footnotes

• [a] LXX Hades; Heb Sheol