Ecclesiasticus 40:29
My son, in thy lifetime be not indigent: for it is better to die than to want.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Fili, in tempore vitæ tuæ ne indigeas : melius est enim mori quam indigere.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Verse numbering differs here, so nothing is shown rather than the wrong verse.
Haydock's commentary
Indigent. Greek, "live not by begging," being too lazy to work, or incurring this punishment for thy sins, Leviticus xxvi. 16., Psalm cviii., and Deuteronomy xv. 4. Involuntary poverty is a most severe scourge. (Calmet)
All are bound to labour for what is needful; (Worthington) some by prayer, others by trade, &c. (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.