Ecclesiasticus 40:18
The life of a labourer that is content with what he hath, shall be sweet, and in it thou shalt find a treasure.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Vita sibi sufficientis operarii condulcabitur, et in ea invenies thesaurum.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Verse numbering differs here, so nothing is shown rather than the wrong verse.
Haydock's commentary
That is. Greek, "and of one that."
In it. Greek, "and more than both is one discovering a treasure," (Haydock) who finds himself rich, without labour or injustice.
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.