Ecclesiastes 9:14 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁴ A little city, and few men in it, and a great sovereign came against it, and besieged it, and built huge siege-works 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ A little city, and few men in it: there came against it a great king, and invested it, and built bulwarks round about it, and the siege was perfect.

Ecclesiastes 9:14 Cross References

2 Kings 6:24

And after this it came to be that Ben-Haḏaḏ the sovereign of Aram mustered all his army, and went up and besieged Shomeron.

Ecclesiastes 9:13

Also this I saw as wisdom under the sun, and it is great to me:

Luke 19:43

“Because days shall come upon you when your enemies shall build a rampart around you, and surround you and press you on all sides,

Deuteronomy 20:20

“Only the trees which you know are not trees for food you do destroy and cut down, to build siege-works against the city that is fighting against you, until it falls.