Ecclesiastes 9:14

14 There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and gbesieged it, and built great hbulwarks against it:

Ecclesiastes 9:14 — New International Version (2011) (NIV)

14 There was once a small city with only a few people in it. And a powerful king came against it, surrounded it and built huge siege works against it.

Ecclesiastes 9:14 — English Standard Version (ESV)

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.

Ecclesiastes 9:14 — New Living Translation (NLT)

14 There was a small town with only a few people, and a great king came with his army and besieged it.

Ecclesiastes 9:14 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

14 There was a little city with few men in it; and a great king came against it, besieged it, and built great snares around it.

Ecclesiastes 9:14 — New Century Version (NCV)

14 There was a small town with only a few people in it. A great king fought against it and put his armies all around it.

Ecclesiastes 9:14 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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.

Ecclesiastes 9:14 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

14 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:

Ecclesiastes 9:14 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

14 There was a small town with a few soldiers in it, and a powerful king came to attack it. He surrounded it and blockaded it.

Ecclesiastes 9:14 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

14 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.

Ecclesiastes 9:14 — New Revised Standard Version: Updated Edition (NRSVue)

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.

Ecclesiastes 9:14 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

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

Ecclesiastes 9:14 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

14 There was once a small city. Only a few people lived there. A powerful king attacked it. He brought in war machines all around it.

Ecclesiastes 9:14 — New American Standard Bible (1995) (NASB95)

14 There was a small city with few men in it and a great king came to it, surrounded it and constructed large siegeworks against it.

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g	See Luke 19:43.
h	See Prov. 12:12 marg.