Ecclesiastes 9:14

In 11 translations

BSB

There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.

KJV

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:

WEB

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.

ASV

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.

LSV

A little city, and few men in it, and a great king has come to it, and has surrounded it, and has built against it great bulwarks;

YLT

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;

DBY

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:

DRC

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.

GNV

A litle citie and fewe men in it, and a great King came against it, and compassed it about, and builded fortes against it.

JPS

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;

LXXE

suppose there were a little city, and few men in it; and there should come against it a great king, and surround it, and build great mounds against it;

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Original-language editions

WLC

עִ֣יר קְטַנָּ֔ה וַאֲנָשִׁ֥ים בָּ֖הּ מְעָ֑ט וּבָֽא־אֵלֶ֜יהָ מֶ֤לֶךְ גָּדוֹל֙ וְסָבַ֣ב אֹתָ֔הּ וּבָנָ֥ה עָלֶ֖יהָ מְצוֹדִ֥ים גְּדֹלִֽים׃

LXX-Br

Πόλις μικρὰ καὶ ἄνδρες ἐν αὐτῇ ὀλίγοι, καὶ ἔλθῃ ἐπʼ αὐτὴν βασιλεὺς μέγας καὶ κυκλώσῃ αὐτὴν, καὶ οἰκοδομήσῃ ἐπʼ αὐτὴν χάρακας μεγάλους·

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Cross-references most cited first

• 2 Kings 6:24–7:20Some time later, Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army and marched up to besiege Samaria. So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty…
• 2 Samuel 20:15–22And Joab’s troops came and besieged Sheba in Abel-beth-maacah and built a siege ramp against the outer rampart of the city. As all the troops with Joab were battering the wall to topple it, a wise woman called out from…

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