All these rely upon their hands, and each is skilful in his own work: Good News Translation says it well with “All of these people are skilled with their hands, each of them an expert at his own craft.” The final clause may also be expressed as “each of them is an expert in his own type of work.”

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.