The chief thing for life is water, and bread, and clothing, and an house to cover shame.
LXX
Sirach 29:21
The chief thing for life is water, and bread, and clothing, and a house to cover shame.
Parallel Translations
The chief thing for life is water, and bread, and clothing, and an house to cover shame.
The essentials of life are water, bread, a garment, and a house for privacy.
A wicked man, transgressing the commandements of the Lord, shal fall into suretieshippe: and he that medleth muche with other mens busines, is intangled in controuersies.