Good News Translation
The Lord's flaming anger will break out against a small gathering of sinners or a disobedient nation.

New Revised Standard Version
In an assembly of sinners a fire is kindled, and in a disobedient nation wrath blazes up.

Contemporary English Version
If a small group of sinners sets the Lord's anger ablaze, then it will be worse by far if a whole nation is sinful.

New American Bible
Against a sinful band fire is kindled, upon a godless people wrath blazes.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Many such things hath my eyes seen, and greater things than these my ear hath heard.

Many such things hath my eyes seen, and greater things than these my ear hath heard.

Sirach 16:4
And it is better to die without children, than to leave ungodly children.

Sirach 16:5
By one that is wise a country shall be inhabited, the tribe of the ungodly shall become desolate.

Sirach 16:7
In the congregation of sinners a fire shall be kindled, and in an unbelieving nation wrath shall flame out.

Sirach 16:8
The ancient giants did not obtain pardon for their sins, who were destroyed trusting to their own strength: