Other translations
New Catholic Bible
An intrusive tongue has disrupted the peace of many and driven them from country to country. It has resulted in the destruction of strong cities and overthrown the houses of the great.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Slander has shaken many, and scattered them from nation to nation; it has destroyed strong cities, and overturned the houses of the great.
Good News Translation®
Many have had their lives ruined and have been driven from their homes because of people who meddled in their business. Such unwanted interference has resulted in the destruction of strong cities and the homes of respected people.
Wycliffe Bible
The third tongue hath stirred many men, and hath scattered them from folk into folk. It hath destroyed walled cities of rich men, and hath mined down (or undermined) the houses of great men. It hath cut down the virtues of peoples, and hath unknit strong folks. [The third tongue many men stirred, and scattered them from folk into folk. Walled cities of rich men it destroyed, and the houses of great men it minded out. The virtues of peoples it hewed down, and strong folks of kind it unknit.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Slander has shaken many, and scattered them from nation to nation, and destroyed strong cities, and overturned the houses of great men.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Slander has shaken many and scattered them from nation to nation; it has destroyed strong cities and overturned the houses of the great.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Slander has shaken many, and scattered them from nation to nation; it has destroyed strong cities, and overturned the houses of the great.
Common English Bible © 2011
Slander has shaken up many people, scattered them from nation to nation, demolished mighty cities, and overthrown the houses of dignitaries.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
A meddlesome tongue subverts many, and makes them refugees among peoples. It destroys strong cities, and overthrows the houses of the great.
Revised Standard Version
Slander has shaken many, and scattered them from nation to nation, and destroyed strong cities, and overturned the houses of great men.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Slander has shaken many, and scattered them from nation to nation; it has destroyed strong cities, and overturned the houses of the great.