Good News Translation
An uneducated king will ruin his people, but a government will grow strong if its rulers are wise.

New Revised Standard Version
An undisciplined king ruins his people, but a city becomes fit to live in through the understanding of its rulers.

Contemporary English Version
A stupid king destroys his nation, but a city grows if its leaders can rule well.

New American Bible
A reckless king destroys his people, but a city grows through the intelligence of its princes.

Douay-Rheims Bible
An unwise king shall be the ruin of his people: and cities shall be inhabited through the prudence of the rulers.

An unwise king shall be the ruin of his people: and cities shall be inhabited through the prudence of the rulers.

Sirach 10:1
A wise judge shall judge his people, and the government of a prudent man shall be steady.

Sirach 10:2
As the judge of the people is himself, so also are his ministers: and what manner of man the ruler of a city is, such also are they that dwell therein.

Sirach 10:4
The power of the earth is in the hand of God, and in his time he will raise up a profitable ruler over it.

Sirach 10:5
The prosperity of man is in the hand of God, and upon the person of the scribe he shall lay his honour.