Good News Translation
There are some ungrateful sinners who abandon those who stand behind them, and they cause them loss of property.

New Revised Standard Version
A sinner wastes the property of his guarantor,

Contemporary English Version
and rescue you. So if they are forced to repay what you borrowed,

New American Bible
A sinner will turn the favor of a pledge into misfortune,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Better than the shield of the mighty, and better than the spear:

Better than the shield of the mighty, and better than the spear:

Sirach 29:14
Place thy treasure in the commandments of the most High, and it shall bring thee more profit than gold.

Sirach 29:15
Shut up alms in the heart of the poor, and it shall obtain help for thee against all evil.

Sirach 29:17
It shall fight for thee against thy enemy.

Sirach 29:18
A good man is surety for his neighbour: and he that hath lost shame, will leave him to himself.