Good News Translation
The stories that foolish people tell are offensive, and they make jokes about the worst kinds of sin.

New Revised Standard Version
The talk of fools is offensive, and their laughter is wantonly sinful.

Contemporary English Version
It is disgusting to listen to fools laughing about their sins. *

New American Bible
The conversation of fools is offensive, and their laughter is wanton sin.

Douay-Rheims Bible
In the midst of the unwise keep in the word till its time: but be continually among men that think.

In the midst of the unwise keep in the word till its time: but be continually among men that think.

Sirach 27:11
The lion always lieth in wait for prey: so do sins for them that work iniquities.

Sirach 27:12
A holy man continueth in wisdom as the sun: but a fool is changed as the moon.

Sirach 27:14
The discourse of sinners is hateful, and their laughter is at the pleasures of sin.

Sirach 27:15
The speech that sweareth much shall make the hair of the head stand upright: and its irreverence shall make one stop his ears.