Ecclesiasticus 38:20
In withdrawing aside sorrow remaineth: and the substance of the poor is according to his heart.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- In abductione permanet tristitia, et substantia inopis secundum cor ejus.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Verse numbering differs here, so nothing is shown rather than the wrong verse.
Haydock's commentary
Aside, in solitude.
Substance; or what the poor has to live on, will seem sweet or bitter according as he is affected with joy or grief.
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.