Good News Translation
Know what you are talking about before you speak, and give attention to your health before you get sick.

New Revised Standard Version
Before you speak, learn; and before you fall ill, take care of your health.

Contemporary English Version
Know what you're talking about before you start speaking and look after your health before it fails.

New American Bible
Before you speak, learn; before you get sick, prepare the cure.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Before judgment prepare thee justice, and learn before thou speak.

Before judgment prepare thee justice, and learn before thou speak.

Sirach 18:17
Lo, is not a word better than a gift? but both are with a justified man.

Sirach 18:18
A fool will upbraid bitterly: and a gift of one ill taught consumeth the eyes.

Sirach 18:20
Before sickness take a medicine, and before judgment examine thyself, and thou shalt find mercy in the sight of God.

Sirach 18:21
Humble thyself before thou art sick, and in the time of sickness shew thy conversation.