Good News Translation
Your name can be preserved if you have children or if you establish a city, but finding Wisdom is a better way. Owning livestock and orchards will make you famous, but it is better to have a wife you love.

New Revised Standard Version
Children and the building of a city establish one’s name, but better than either is the one who finds wisdom. Cattle and orchards make one prosperous; but a blameless wife is accounted better than either.

Contemporary English Version
Having wisdom is better than giving your name to your children or to a city that you have built. Cattle and fruit trees can bring you wealth, but a happy marriage is better than riches.

New American Bible
A child or a city will preserve one’s name, but better than either, finding wisdom. Cattle and orchards make a person flourish; but better than either, a devoted wife.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Children, and the building of a city shall establish a name, but a blameless wife shall be counted above them both.

Children, and the building of a city shall establish a name, but a blameless wife shall be counted above them both.

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

Sirach 40:18
The life of a laborer that is content with what he hath, shall be sweet, and in it thou shalt find a treasure.

Sirach 40:20
Wine and music rejoice the heart, but the love of wisdom is above them both.

Sirach 40:21
The flute and the psaltery make a sweet melody, but a pleasant tongue is above them both.