Give to the good man, but do not help the sinner: This verse is almost identical with verse 4. The only difference is the words “godly”/ good, or in Good News Translation, “religious/good.”
Quoted with permission from Bullard, Roger A. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on Sirach. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2008. For this and other handbooks for translators see here.