Ecclesiastes 9:14
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.
In context
12 For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.
13 I have also seen this wisdom under the sun, and it was great to me:
14 There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.
15 Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.
16 And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”
Ecclesiastes 9:14 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.
- KJV 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:
- WEB 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.
- ASV 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.
- YLT Young's 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;
- DBY 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:
- WBS Webster Bible
- 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: