Common English Bible

Sirach 41:1-5 Common English Bible (CEB)

1. How bitter, death,is the thought of youto those who are at peaceamong their possessions,to those who aren’t anxiously distracted, who prosper at everythingand still have the strengthto enjoy good food.

2. Your sentence looks good, death,to a person who is needyand lacks strength,who is extremely old and anxiousabout everything,who is not compliantand whose endurance has failed.

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

4. This is the Lord’s judgment for all beings:Why should you rejectthe good pleasure of the Most High?Whether ten or one hundredor one thousand years,there’s no arguing about lifein the grave.

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