Good News Translation
To a person without any sense, an education is like handcuffs,

New Revised Standard Version
To a senseless person education is fetters on his feet, and like manacles on his right hand.

Contemporary English Version
Fools think learning puts chains on their hands and feet,

New American Bible
To the senseless, education is fetters on the feet, like manacles on the right hand.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The talking of a fool is like a burden in the way: but in the lips of the wise, grace shall be found.

The talking of a fool is like a burden in the way: but in the lips of the wise, grace shall be found.

Sirach 21:17
The heart of a fool is like a broken vessel, and no wisdom at all shall it hold.

Sirach 21:18
A man of sense will praise every wise word he shall hear, and will apply it to himself: the luxurious man hath heard it, and it shall displease him, and he will cast it behind his back.

Sirach 21:20
The mouth of the prudent is sought after in the church, and they will think upon his words in their hearts.

Sirach 21:21
As a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool: and the knowledge of the unwise is as words without sense.