Ecclesiasticus 34:26
He that taketh away the bread gotten by sweat, is like him that killeth his neighbour.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Qui aufert in sudore panem, quasi qui occidit proximum suum.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- φονεύων τὸν πλησίον ὁ ἀφαιρούμενος συμβίωσιν,
Haydock's commentary
Bread. Greek, "a livelihood, killeth his neighbour; and he sheddeth blood, who keepeth back the hire of the workman." (Haydock)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.