Good News Translation
Money is a trap for those who are fascinated by it, a trap that every fool falls into.

New Revised Standard Version
It is a stumbling block to those who are avid for it, and every fool will be taken captive by it.

Contemporary English Version
Money controls those fools who worship it.

New American Bible
It is a stumbling block for fools; any simpleton will be ensnared by it.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Gold is a stumblingblock to them that sacrifice to it: woe to them that eagerly follow after it, and every fool shall perish by it.

Gold is a stumblingblock to them that sacrifice to it: woe to them that eagerly follow after it, and every fool shall perish by it.

Sirach 31:5
He that loveth gold, shall not be justified: and he that followeth after corruption, shall be filled with it.

Sirach 31:6
Many have been brought to fall for gold, and the beauty thereof hath been their ruin.

Sirach 31:8
Blessed is the rich man that is found without blemish: and that hath not gone after gold, nor put his trust in money nor in treasures.

Sirach 31:9
Who is he, and we will praise him? for he hath done wonderful things in his life.