Ecclesiastes 9:14

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Ecclesiastes 9:14

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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.

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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:

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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.

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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.

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Ecclesiastes 9

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.”

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