Ecclesiastes 9:14 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁴ There was a little city with few men in it; and 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

Afterward Ben-hadad king of Syria mustered his entire army, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

Ecclesiastes 9:13

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

Luke 19:43

For the days shall come upon you, when your enemies will cast up a bank about you and surround you, and hem you in on every side,

Deuteronomy 20:20

Only the trees which you know are not trees for food you may destroy and cut down that you may build siegeworks against the city that makes war with you, until it falls.