Ecclesiastes 9:14 - Hebrew Names version (HNV)

¹⁴ 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ 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 Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ There was a little city with few men in it. And a great king came against it and besieged it and built great bulwarks against it.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ There was a small town with only a few residents. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and waged a terrible war against it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ There was a small city, with a few men in it. There came against it a great king, who surrounded it, and built fortifications all around it, and the blockade was completed.

Ecclesiastes 9:14 Cross References

2 Kings 6:24

It happened after this, that Ben-Hadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up, and besieged Shomron.

Ecclesiastes 9:13

I have also seen wisdom under the sun in this way, and it seemed great to me.

Luke 19:43

For the days will come on you, when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, surround you, tzitzit you in on every side,

Deuteronomy 20:20

Only the trees of which you know that they are not trees for food, you shall destroy and cut them down; and you shall build bulwarks against the city that makes war with you, until it fall.