Ecclesiastes 9:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁴ There was a little city with few people in it. A great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks 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

Some time later King Ben-hadad of Aram mustered his entire army; he marched against Samaria and laid siege to it.

Ecclesiastes 9:13

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

Luke 19:43

Indeed, the days will come upon you when your enemies will set up ramparts around you and surround you and hem you in on every side.

Deuteronomy 20:20

You may destroy only the trees that you know do not produce food; you may cut them down for use in building siegeworks against the town that makes war with you, until it falls.