Good News Translation
The children of ungodly people will not leave large families; they are like plants trying to take root on rock,

New Revised Standard Version
The children of the ungodly put out few branches; they are unhealthy roots on sheer rock.

Contemporary English Version
Their children will be like trees growing out of a rocky cliff and having rotten roots and few branches.

New American Bible
The offshoot of violence will not flourish, for the root of the godless is on sheer rock.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The offspring of the ungodly shall not bring forth many branches, and make a noise as unclean roots upon the top of a rock.

The offspring of the ungodly shall not bring forth many branches, and make a noise as unclean roots upon the top of a rock.

Sirach 40:13
The riches of the unjust shall be dried up like a river, and shall pass away with a noise like a great thunder in rain.

Sirach 40:14
While he openeth his hands he shall rejoice: but transgressors shall pine away in the end.

Sirach 40:16
The weed growing over every water, and at the bank of the river, shall be pulled up before all grass.

Sirach 40:17
Grace is like a paradise in blessings, and mercy remaineth for ever.