Good News Translation
Come to the point and say it all in a few words. Show that you are well-informed, but stay quiet.

New Revised Standard Version
Be brief; say much in few words; be as one who knows and can still hold his tongue.

Contemporary English Version
and say as much as you can in as few words as possible. This will show your knowledge and also your self-control.

New American Bible
Be brief, say much in few words; be knowledgeable and yet quiet.

Douay-Rheims Bible
As a signet of an emerald in a work of gold: so is the melody of music with pleasant and moderate wine.

As a signet of an emerald in a work of gold: so is the melody of music with pleasant and moderate wine.

Sirach 32:6
Where there is no hearing, pour not out words, and be not lifted up out of season with thy wisdom.

Sirach 32:7
A concert of music in a banquet of wine is as a carbuncle set in gold.

Sirach 32:9
Hear in silence, and for thy reverence good grace shall come to thee.

Sirach 32:10
Young man, scarcely speak in thy own cause.