Good News Translation
Flutes and harps make fine music, but a pleasant voice is better than either.

New Revised Standard Version
The flute and the harp make sweet melody, but a pleasant voice is better than either.

Contemporary English Version
A pleasant voice is sweeter than the music of flutes and harps.

New American Bible
Flute and harp offer sweet melody, but better than either, a pure tongue.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The flute and the psaltery make a sweet melody, but a pleasant tongue is above them both.

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

Sirach 40:19
Children, and the building of a city shall establish a name, but a blameless wife shall be counted above them both.

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

Sirach 40:22
Thy eye desireth favour and beauty, but more than these green sown fields.

Sirach 40:23
A friend and companion meeting together in season, but above them both is a wife with her husband.