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NET Bible
There was once a small city with a few men in it, and a mighty king attacked it, besieging it and building strong siege works against it.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
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:
Holman Bible
There was a small city with few men in it. A great king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege works against it.
International Standard Version
There was a little city with few men in it. A great king came against it, surrounded it, and built massive siege ramps against it.
A Conservative Version
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.
American Standard Version
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
There was a little city with few men in it and a great king came against it and besieged it and built great battlements against it.
Bible in Basic English
There was a little town and the number of its men was small, and there came a great king against it and made an attack on it, building works of war round about it.
Darby Translation
There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and encompassed it, and built great bulwarks against it:
Julia Smith Translation
A little city, and men in it few; and a great king came against it, and surrounded it, and built against it great entrenchments:
King James 2000
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:
Lexham Expanded Bible
[There was] a small city with few people in it. A great king came and besieged it, building great siege works against it.
Modern King James verseion
There was a little city, and few men in it; and a great king came against it and besieged it, and built huge bulwarks against it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
There was a little city, and a few men within it: so there came a great king and besieged it, and made great bulwarks against it.
New Heart English Bible
There was a little city, and few men within it; and a great king came against it, besieged it, and built great siege works against it.
The Emphasized Bible
A little city, and men therein few, - and there came against it a great king, and surrounded it, and built against it large siege-works;
Webster
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:
World English Bible
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
A little city, and few men in it, and a great king hath come unto it, and hath surrounded it, and hath built against it great bulwarks;
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 9:14
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Context Readings
Wisdom'Although Vulnerable'Is Superior To Power
13 This is what I also observed about wisdom on earth, and it is a great burden to me: 14 There was once a small city with a few men in it, and a mighty king attacked it, besieging it and building strong siege works against it. 15 However, a poor but wise man lived in the city, and he could have delivered the city by his wisdom, but no one listened to that poor man.
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2 Samuel 20:15-22
So Joab's men came and laid siege against him in Abel of Beth Maacah. They prepared a siege ramp outside the city which stood against its outer rampart. As all of Joab's soldiers were trying to break through the wall so that it would collapse,
2 Kings 6:24-20
Later King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled his entire army and attacked and besieged Samaria.