Good News Translation
But it is different with the person who devotes himself to studying the Law of the Most High. He examines the wisdom of all the ancient writers and concerns himself with the prophecies.

New Revised Standard Version
He seeks out the wisdom of all the ancients, and is concerned with prophecies;

Contemporary English Version
In their search for wisdom, they study the old writings, especially those of the prophets.

New American Bible
He explores the wisdom of all the ancients and is occupied with the prophecies;

Douay-Rheims Bible
The wise man will seek out the wisdom of all the ancients, and will be occupied in the prophets.

The wise man will seek out the wisdom of all the ancients, and will be occupied in the prophets.

Sirach 38:38
Upon the judges' seat they shall not sit, and the ordinance of judgment they shall not understand, neither shall they declare discipline and judgment, and they shall not be found where parables are spoken:

Sirach 38:39
But they shall strengthen the state of the world, and their prayer shall be in the work of their craft, applying their soul, and searching in the law of the most High.

Sirach 39:2
He will keep the sayings of renowned men, and will enter withal into the subtilties of parables.

Sirach 39:3
He will search out the hidden meanings of proverbs, and will be conversant in the secrets of parables.