A merchant shall hardly keep himself from doing wrong; and an huckster shall not be freed from sin.
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Sirach 26:29
There be two things that grieue mine heart, and the thirde maketh me angrie: a man of warre that suffreth pouertie: and men of vnderstanding that are not set by: & when one departeth from righteousnes vnto sinne: the Lord appointeth suche to the sworde.
Parallel Translations
A merchant shall hardly keep himself from doing wrong; and an huckster shall not be freed from sin.
A merchant shall hardly keep himself from doing wrong; and an huckster shall not be freed from sin.
It is difficult for a merchant to keep himself from wrong doing, and for a retailer to be acquitted of sin.