Good News Translation
If you keep away from someone who has the power to put you to death, you will not have to fear for your life; but if you must go near him, be very careful, or he may kill you. Be conscious that you are walking among hidden traps, that you are an easy target.

New Revised Standard Version
Keep far from those who have power to kill, and you will not be haunted by the fear of death. But if you approach them, make no misstep, or they may rob you of your life. Know that you are stepping among snares, and that you are walking on the city battlements.

Contemporary English Version
Stay away from those who are able to kill you, and you won't live in fear of death. To be near them is to walk through a field full of traps or across a ledge high on the city walls-- make one false step and your life is over.

New American Bible
Keep away from those who have power to kill, and you will not be filled with the dread of death. But if you come near them, do not offend them, lest they take away your life. Know that you are stepping among snares and walking over a net.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And strive not with her over wine, lest thy heart decline towards her and by thy blood thou fall into destruction.

And strive not with her over wine, lest thy heart decline towards her and by thy blood thou fall into destruction.

Sirach 9:11
Many by admiring the beauty of another man's wife, have become reprobate, for her conversation burneth as fire.

Sirach 9:12
Sit not at all with another man's wife, nor repose upon the bed with her:

Sirach 9:14
Forsake not an old friend, for the new will not be like to him.

Sirach 9:15
A new friend is as new wine: it shall grow old, and thou shalt drink it with pleasure.