Parallel SIR 5:14

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BrLXX Μὴ κληθῇς ψίθυρος, καὶ τῇ γλώσσῃ σου μὴ ἐνέδρευε· ἐπὶ γὰρ τῷ κλέπτῃ ἐστὶν αἰσχύνη, καὶ κατάγνωσις πονηρὰ ἐπὶ διγλώσσου.
(Maʸ klaʸthaʸs psithuros, kai taʸ glōssaʸ sou maʸ enedreue; epi gar tōi kleptaʸ estin aisⱪunaʸ, kai katagnōsis ponaʸra epi diglōssou. )

BrTr Be not called a whisperer, and lie not in wait with thy tongue: for a foul shame is upon the thief, and an evil condemnation upon the double tongue.

WEBBE Don’t be called a whisperer.
⇔ Don’t lie in wait with your tongue;
⇔ for shame is on the thief,
⇔ and an evil condemnation is on him who has a double tongue.

KJB-1611 Be not called a whisperer, and lye not in wait with thy tongue: for a foule shame is vpon the thiefe, and an euill condemnation vpon the double tongue.
(Be not called a whisperer, and lye not in wait with thy/your tongue: for a fowl/bird(s) shame is upon the thief, and an evil condemnation upon the double tongue.)