Good News Translation
Prepare what you are going to say and people will listen to you. Use what you have learned before you start talking.

New Revised Standard Version
Prepare what to say, and then you will be listened to; draw upon your training, and give your answer.

Contemporary English Version
If you want others to listen, then think about what you know and how to say it best.

New American Bible
Prepare your words and then you will be listened to; draw upon your training, and give your answer.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He that cleareth up a question, shall prepare what to say, and so having prayed he shall be heard, and shall keep discipline, and then he shall answer.

He that cleareth up a question, shall prepare what to say, and so having prayed he shall be heard, and shall keep discipline, and then he shall answer.

Sirach 33:2
A wise man hateth not the commandments and justices, and he shall not be dashed in pieces as a ship in a storm.

Sirach 33:3
A man of understanding is faithful to the law of God, and the law is faithful to him.

Sirach 33:5
The heart of a fool is as a wheel of a cart: and his thoughts are like a rolling axletree.

Sirach 33:6
A friend that is a mocker, is like a stallion horse: he neigheth under every one that sitteth upon him.