Parallel SIR 28:14

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BrLXX Γλῶσσα τρίτη πολλοὺς ἐσάλευσε, καὶ διέστησεν αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ ἔθνους εἰς ἔθνος, καὶ πόλεις ὀχυρὰς καθεῖλε, καὶ οἰκίας μεγιστάνων κατέστρεψε.
(Glōssa tritaʸ pollous esaleuse, kai diestaʸsen autous apo ethnous eis ethnos, kai poleis oⱪuras katheile, kai oikias megistanōn katestrepse. )

BrTr 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.

WEBBE 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.

KJB-1611 A backbiting tongue hath disquieted many, and driuen them from nation to nation, strong cities hath it pulled down, and ouerthrowen the houses of great men.
(A backbiting tongue hath/has disquieted many, and driven them from nation to nation, strong cities hath/has it pulled down, and overthrown the houses of great men.)