Good News Translation
Sometimes what seems like a real bargain can turn out to be a very expensive mistake.

New Revised Standard Version
Some buy much for little, but pay for it seven times over.

Contemporary English Version
What seems to be a bargain may cost you seven times what it is worth.

New American Bible
There is one who buys much for little, but pays for it seven times over.

Douay-Rheims Bible
There is that buyeth much for a small price, and restoreth the same sevenfold.

There is that buyeth much for a small price, and restoreth the same sevenfold.

Sirach 20:10
There is a gift that is not profitable: and there is a gift, the recompense of which is double.

Sirach 20:11
There is an abasement because of glory: and there is one that shall lift up his head from a low estate.

Sirach 20:13
A man wise in words shall make himself beloved: but the graces of fools shall be poured out.

Sirach 20:14
The gift of the fool shall do thee no good: for his eyes are sevenfold.