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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 28

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 28:14

In 4 translations

KJV
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.
WEB
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.
DRC28:16
The tongue of a third person hath disquieted many, and scattered them from nation to nation. It hath destroyed the strong cities of the rich, and hath overthrown the houses of great men. It hath cut in pieces the forces of people, and undone strong nations.
LXXE
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.

Original-language editions

LXX-Br
Γλῶσσα τρίτη πολλοὺς ἐσάλευσε, καὶ διέστησεν αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ ἔθνους εἰς ἔθνος, καὶ πόλεις ὀχυρὰς καθεῖλε, καὶ οἰκίας μεγιστάνων κατέστρεψε.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 28:16-18 in some Bibles
  • 28:14a in most Bibles
  • 28:14b in most Bibles
  • 28:14c in most Bibles

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