Good News Translation
How can a farm hand gain knowledge, when his only ambition is to drive the oxen and make them work, when all he knows to talk about is livestock?

New Revised Standard Version
How can one become wise who handles the plow, and who glories in the shaft of a goad, who drives oxen and is occupied with their work, and whose talk is about bulls?

Contemporary English Version
Who has time to study wisdom? Not farmers! All day long they guide oxen to plow

New American Bible
How can one become learned who guides the plow, and thrills in wielding the goad like a lance, Who guides the ox and urges on the bullock, and whose every concern is for cattle?

Douay-Rheims Bible
The wisdom of a scribe cometh by his time of leisure: and he that is less in action, shall receive wisdom.

The wisdom of a scribe cometh by his time of leisure: and he that is less in action, shall receive wisdom.

Sirach 38:23
Remember my judgment: for thine also shall be so: yesterday for me, and to day for thee.

Sirach 38:24
When the dead is at rest, let his remembrance rest, and comfort him in the departing of his spirit.

Sirach 38:26
With what wisdom shall he be furnished that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad, that driveth the oxen therewith, and is occupied in their labours, and his whole talk is about the offspring of bulls?

Sirach 38:27
He shall give his mind to turn up furrows, and his care is to give the kine fodder.