Good News Translation
A sarcastic friend is like a wild horse that neighs no matter who tries to ride him.

New Revised Standard Version
A mocking friend is like a stallion that neighs no matter who the rider is.

Contemporary English Version
To make fun of a friend is to act like a horse that snorts at anyone who tries to ride.

New American Bible
A mocking friend is like a stallion that neighs, no matter who the rider may be.

Douay-Rheims Bible
A friend that is a mocker, is like a stallion horse: he neigheth under every one that sitteth upon him.

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

Sirach 33:4
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 33:5
The heart of a fool is as a wheel of a cart: and his thoughts are like a rolling axletree.

Sirach 33:7
Why doth one day excel another, and one light another, and one year another year, when all come of the sun?

Sirach 33:8
By the knowledge of the Lord they were distinguished, the sun being made, and keeping his commandment.