Good News Translation
A whip can raise a welt, but a vicious tongue can break bones.

New Revised Standard Version
The blow of a whip raises a welt, but a blow of the tongue crushes the bones.

Contemporary English Version
Whips leave painful stripes on the skin, but cruel words break bones deep down inside

New American Bible
A blow from a whip raises a welt, but a blow from the tongue will break bones.

Douay-Rheims Bible
It hath destroyed the strong cities of the rich, and hath overthrown the houses of great men.

It hath destroyed the strong cities of the rich, and hath overthrown the houses of great men.

Sirach 28:15
The whisperer and the double tongue is accursed: for he hath troubled many that were at peace.

Sirach 28:16
The tongue of a third person hath disquieted many, and scattered them from nation to nation.

Sirach 28:18
It hath cut in pieces the forces of people, and undone strong nations.

Sirach 28:19
The tongue of a third person hath cast out valiant women, and deprived them of their labours.