Other translations
New Catholic Bible
Wealth and wages make life sweet, but better than either is finding a treasure.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Wealth and wages make life sweet, but better than either is finding a treasure.
Good News Translation®
Being independently wealthy or working for a living—both can make life pleasant, but it is better to find a treasure.
Wycliffe Bible
The life of a workman sufficient to himself shall be made sweet; and thou shalt find treasure therein.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Life is sweet for the self-reliant and the worker, but he who finds treasure is better off than both.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
A life of abundance and wages make life sweet, but better than either is finding a treasure.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Wealth and wages make life sweet, but better than either is finding a treasure.
Common English Bible © 2011
Life will be sweet for the self-reliant and the hardworking, but better than both is the person who finds a treasure.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Wealth or wages can make life sweet, but better than either, finding a treasure.
Revised Standard Version
Life is sweet for the self-reliant and the worker, but he who finds treasure is better off than both.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Wealth and wages make life sweet, but better than either is finding a treasure.