²¹ He had never enough for his desire; for this cause his well-being will quickly come to an end.

²⁹ He does not get wealth for himself, and is unable to keep what he has got; the heads of his grain are not bent down to the earth.

¹⁹ He has no offspring or family among his people, and in his living-place there is no one of his name.

¹¹ Like the partridge, getting eggs together but not producing young, is a man who gets wealth but not by right; before half his days are ended, it will go from him, and at his end he will be foolish.

²⁴ And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may put the end of his finger in water and put it on my tongue, for I am cruelly burning in this flame.

²⁵ But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.