Sirach 41:9

9 When you are born, you are born to a curse, and when you die, you will leave a curse as your legacy.

Sirach 41:9 In-Context

7 Children will blame an ungodly father, because they will be disgraced because of him.

8 How terrible it will be for you who are ungodly, who have abandoned the Law of the Most High!

9 When you are born, you are born to a curse, and when you die, you will leave a curse as your legacy.

10 Everything that's from the earth will go back to the earth; so the ungodly come from a curse and go to destruction.

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

Footnotes

• [a] 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.