Sirach 28:14

ASV Byzantine Text

A third person’s tongue hath shaken many, And dispersed them from nation to nation; And it hath pulled down strong cities, And overthrown the houses of great men.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Caemtuhnah loh hlang muep a hinghuen tih, amih te namtong taeng lamloh namtong taengla a thaek. Te long te khopuei vongcak khaw a phae tih, hlanglen kah im khaw a palet mah.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Si sufflaveris in scintillam, quasi ignis exardebit: et si exspueris super illam, extinguetur: utraque ex ore proficiscuntur.]

Brenton English Septuagint

A backbiting tongue hath disquieted many, and driven them from nation to nation: strong cities hath it pulled down, and overthrown the houses of great men.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

De tong van een derde heeft de rust van velen verstoord, En ze opgejaagd van volk tot volk; Versterkte steden heeft ze gesloopt En paleizen van groten verwoest; Ze heeft de macht van volken gebroken, En sterke naties vernield.

Douay-Rheims 1899

If thou blow the spark, it shall burn as a fire: and if thou spit upon it, it shall be quenched: both come out of the mouth.

King James Version + Apocrypha

A backbiting tongue hath disquieted many, and driven them from nation to nation: strong cities hath it pulled down, and overthrown the houses of great men.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

A backbiting tongue hath disquieted many, And driven them from nation to nation: Strong cities hath it pulled down, And overthrown the houses of great men.

LXX2012 U. S. English

A backbiting tongue has disquieted many, and driven them from nation to nation: strong cities has it pulled down, and overthrown the houses of great men.

British English Septuagint 2012

A backbiting tongue has disquieted many, and driven them from nation to nation: strong cities has it pulled down, and overthrown the houses of great men.

Revised Version

A third person’s tongue hath shaken many, And dispersed them from nation to nation; And it hath pulled down strong cities, And overthrown the houses of great men.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Un calomniateur a fait trembler beaucoup de gens, et les a dispersés de nation en nation. Il a fait tomber des villes fortes et renversé les maisons des grands hommes.

Spanish BLL

Un calumniador ha sacudido a muchos, y los ha dispersado de nación en nación. Ha derribado ciudades fortificadas y arruinado las casas de los grandes hombres.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Un calumniador ha sacudido a muchos, y los dispersó de nación en nación. Ha derribado ciudades fuertes y derribar las casas de los grandes hombres.

Croatian Bible

Treći je jezik potresao mnoge i prognao ih od naroda do naroda; razorio je tvrde gradove i porušio kuće kneževske.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

A backbiting tongue hath disquieted many, And driven them from nation to nation: Strong cities hath it pulled down, And overthrown the houses of great men.

World English Bible (Catholic)

A slanderer has shaken many, and dispersed them from nation to nation. It has pulled down strong cities and overthrown the houses of great men.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

A slanderer has shaken many, and dispersed them from nation to nation. It has pulled down strong cities and overthrown the houses of great men.

World English Bible Classic

A slanderer has shaken many, and dispersed them from nation to nation. It has pulled down strong cities and overthrown the houses of great men.

World English Bible Updated

A slanderer has shaken many, and dispersed them from nation to nation. It has pulled down strong cities and overthrown the houses of great men.

SEPTUAGINTA

γλῶσσα τρίτη πολλοὺς ἐσάλευσε καὶ διέστησεν αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ ἔθνους εἰς ἔθνος καὶ πόλεις ὀχυρὰς καθεῖλε καὶ οἰκίας μεγιστάνων κατέστρεψε.

Brenton Septuagint

Γλῶσσα τρίτη πολλοὺς ἐσάλευσε, καὶ διέστησεν αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ ἔθνους εἰς ἔθνος, καὶ πόλεις ὀχυρὰς καθεῖλε, καὶ οἰκίας μεγιστάνων κατέστρεψε.

Mashi Bible

Akalimi kàyimusize bantu banji, kabashandâza cihugo omu cindi; kahongwîre ebishagala bizibuzibu, kashâbira n’abarhwâli.

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