Good News Translation
A bad wife is like a yoke that doesn't fit. Trying to control her is like holding a scorpion.

New Revised Standard Version
A bad wife is a chafing yoke; taking hold of her is like grasping a scorpion.

Contemporary English Version
To marry an evil woman is to hold a scorpion in your hand, or to wear an ox-yoke that rubs your shoulders raw.

New American Bible
A wicked wife is a chafing yoke; taking hold of her is like grasping a scorpion.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And a false calumny, all are more grievous than death.

And a false calumny, all are more grievous than death.

Sirach 26:5
Of three things my heart hath been afraid, and at the fourth my face hath trembled:

Sirach 26:6
The accusation of a city, and the gathering together of the people:

Sirach 26:8
A jealous woman is the grief and mourning of the heart.

Sirach 26:9
With a jealous woman is a scourge of the tongue which communicateth with all.