Ecclesiastes 9:14 - King James Version - American Edition

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.

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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 Tagairtí Cros

2 Kings 6:24

And it came to pass after this, that Ben–ha´dad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

Ecclesiastes 9:13

This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:

Luke 19:43

For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,

Deuteronomy 20:20

only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.