Ecclesiastes 9:14
▸ Hear this chapter, lit word by wordThere 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, King James Version
In other translations
World English Bible (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.
American Standard Version (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.
Young's Literal Translation (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;