Good News Translation
We mourn for the dead because they have no access to light. We ought to mourn for fools, because they have no access to intelligence. In fact, we should go into deeper mourning for fools, because the life they lead is worse than death. The dead are at least at rest.

New Revised Standard Version
Weep for the dead, for he has left the light behind; and weep for the fool, for he has left intelligence behind. Weep less bitterly for the dead, for he is at rest; but the life of the fool is worse than death.

Contemporary English Version
Mourn for the dead, who rest in darkness, but weep even more for fools, doomed to live in the darkness of stupidity.

New American Bible
Weep over the dead, for their light has gone out; weep over the fool, for sense has left him. Weep but less bitterly over the dead, for they are at rest; worse than death is the life of a fool.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Weep but a little for the dead, for he is at rest.

Weep but a little for the dead, for he is at rest.

Sirach 22:9
He speaketh with one that is asleep, who uttereth wisdom to a fool: and in the end of the discourse he saith: Who is this?

Sirach 22:10
Weep for the dead, for his light hath failed: and weep for the fool, for his understanding faileth.

Sirach 22:12
For the wicked life of a wicked fool is worse than death.

Sirach 22:13
The mourning for the dead is seven days: but for a fool and an ungodly man all the days of their life.