Good News Translation
If you make a promise to the Lord, keep it as soon as you can. Don't wait until you are about to die to set things straight.

New Revised Standard Version
Let nothing hinder you from paying a vow promptly, and do not wait until death to be released from it.

Contemporary English Version
If you promise the Lord a gift, give it now. Don't wait until you are dying to keep your promise,

New American Bible
Let nothing prevent the prompt payment of your vows; do not wait until death to fulfill them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Let nothing hinder thee from praying always, and be not afraid to be justified even to death: for the reward of God continueth for ever.

Let nothing hinder thee from praying always, and be not afraid to be justified even to death: for the reward of God continueth for ever.

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.

Sirach 18:23
Before prayer prepare thy soul: and be not as a man that tempteth God.

Sirach 18:24
Remember the wrath that shall be at the last day, and the time of repaying when he shall turn away his face.