Good News Translation
It is the same with the potter, sitting at his wheel and turning it with his feet, always concentrating on his work, concerned with how many objects he can produce.

New Revised Standard Version
So it is with the potter sitting at his work and turning the wheel with his feet; he is always deeply concerned over his products, and he produces them in quantity.

Contemporary English Version
Who has time to study wisdom? A potter doesn't. His feet must always move to spin the pottery wheel. He keeps his mind on his work-- so many pieces to make,

New American Bible
So also the potter sitting at his labor, revolving the wheel with his feet. He is always concerned for his products, and turns them out in quantity.

Douay-Rheims Bible
So doth the smith sitting by the anvil and considering the iron work. The vapour of the fire wasteth his flesh, and he fighteth with the heat of the furnace.

So doth the smith sitting by the anvil and considering the iron work. The vapour of the fire wasteth his flesh, and he fighteth with the heat of the furnace.

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

Sirach 38:28
So every craftsman and workmaster that laboureth night and day, he who maketh graven seals, and by his continual diligence varieth the figure: he shall give his mind to the resemblance of the picture, and by his watching shall finish the work.

Sirach 38:30
The noise of the hammer is always in his ears, and his eye is upon the pattern of the vessel he maketh.

Sirach 38:31
He setteth his mind to finish his work, and his watching to polish them to perfection.