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
Sirach 28:14
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.
Parallel Translations
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.
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.
The double tongue hathe disquieted manie, and driuen them from nacion to nacion: strong cities hathe it broken downe, and ouerthrowen the houses of great men: [the strength of the people hathe it broght downe, & bene the decaye of mightie nacions.]