Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
There was a small city with few men in it. A great king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege works against it.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
International Standard Version
There was a little city with few men in it. A great king came against it, surrounded it, and built massive siege ramps against it.
A Conservative Version
There was a little city, and few men within it. And there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.
American Standard Version
There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.
Amplified
There was a little city with few men in it and a great king came against it and besieged it and built great battlements against it.
Bible in Basic English
There was a little town and the number of its men was small, and there came a great king against it and made an attack on it, building works of war round about it.
Darby Translation
There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and encompassed it, and built great bulwarks against it:
Julia Smith Translation
A little city, and men in it few; and a great king came against it, and surrounded it, and built against it great entrenchments:
King James 2000
There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
Lexham Expanded Bible
[There was] a small city with few people in it. A great king came and besieged it, building great siege works against it.
Modern King James verseion
There was a little city, and few men in it; and a great king came against it and besieged it, and built huge bulwarks against it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
There was a little city, and a few men within it: so there came a great king and besieged it, and made great bulwarks against it.
NET Bible
There was once a small city with a few men in it, and a mighty king attacked it, besieging it and building strong siege works against it.
New Heart English Bible
There was a little city, and few men within it; and a great king came against it, besieged it, and built great siege works against it.
The Emphasized Bible
A little city, and men therein few, - and there came against it a great king, and surrounded it, and built against it large siege-works;
Webster
There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
World English Bible
There was a little city, and few men within it; and a great king came against it, besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.
Youngs Literal Translation
A little city, and few men in it, and a great king hath come unto it, and hath surrounded it, and hath built against it great bulwarks;
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 9:14
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Context Readings
Wisdom'Although Vulnerable'Is Superior To Power
13
I have observed that this also is wisdom under the sun, and it is significant to me:
14 There was a small city with few men in it. A great king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege works against it.
15
Now a poor wise man was found in the city,
Phrases
Cross References
2 Samuel 20:15-22
Joab’s troops came and besieged Sheba in Abel of Beth-maacah. They built an assault ramp against the outer wall of the city. While all the troops with Joab were battering the wall to make it collapse,
2 Kings 6:24-20
Some time later, King Ben-hadad