Good News Translation
A quiet man living with a nagging wife is like an old man climbing up a sandy hill.

New Revised Standard Version
A sandy ascent for the feet of the aged— such is a garrulous wife to a quiet husband.

Contemporary English Version
It is easier for an old person to climb a hill of sand than for a quiet man to live with a chattering wife.

New American Bible
Like a sandy hill to aged feet is a garrulous wife to a quiet husband.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And any affliction, but the affliction from them that hate him:

And any affliction, but the affliction from them that hate him:

Sirach 25:18
And a man will choose any plague, but the plague of the heart:

Sirach 25:19
And any wickedness, but the wickedness of a woman:

Sirach 25:21
And any revenge, but the revenge of enemies.

Sirach 25:22
There is no head worse than the head of a serpent: