Sirach 40:30 - Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁰ The life of him who looks to another man's table should not be thought of as a way of life. For he feeds his life with another man's food.

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Common English Bible

³⁰ In the mouth of the shameless, begging is sweet, but a fire will burn inside of them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁰ The life of him that looketh toward another man's table is not to be counted a life: for he feedeth his soul with another man's meat.

Good News Translation (US Version)

³⁰ A shameless person can make begging sound sweet, but something inside him burns.

World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers

³⁰ Begging will be sweet in the mouth of the shameless, but it kindles a fire in his belly.

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

³⁰ No matter what beggars say, they really are ashamed of what they do.

Sirach 40:30 Tagairtí Cros