Good News Translation
Why do you admit that you are ignorant and do nothing about it?

New Revised Standard Version
Why do you say you are lacking in these things, and why do you endure such great thirst?

Contemporary English Version
If your desire for her is like a great thirst, why haven't you quenched it?

New American Bible
How long will you deprive yourself of wisdom’s food, how long endure such bitter thirst?

Douay-Rheims Bible
For I have determined to follow her: I have had a zeal for good, and shall not be confounded.

For I have determined to follow her: I have had a zeal for good, and shall not be confounded.

Sirach 51:22
I found much wisdom in myself, and profited much therein.

Sirach 51:23
To him that giveth me wisdom, will I give glory.

Sirach 51:25
My soul hath wrestled for her, and in doing it I have been confirmed.

Sirach 51:26
I stretched forth my hands on high, and I bewailed my ignorance of her.