Good News Translation
While the father is alive, the sight of his son makes him happy, and when he dies, he has no regrets. He is not really dead, because his son is like him.

New Revised Standard Version
When the father dies he will not seem to be dead, for he has left behind him one like himself,

Contemporary English Version
These parents have no regrets when they die, and they live on in their children,

New American Bible
At the father’s death, he will seem not dead, for he leaves after him one like himself,

Douay-Rheims Bible
His father is dead, and he is as if he were not dead: for he hath left one behind him that is like himself.

His father is dead, and he is as if he were not dead: for he hath left one behind him that is like himself.

Sirach 30:2
He that instructeth his son shall be praised in him, and shall glory in him in the midst of them of his household.

Sirach 30:3
He that teacheth his son, maketh his enemy jealous, and in the midst of his friends he shall glory in him.

Sirach 30:5
While he lived he saw and rejoiced in him: and when he died he was not sorrowful, neither was he confounded before his enemies.

Sirach 30:6
For he left behind him a defender of his house against his enemies, and one that will requite kindness to his friends.