Devine Scripture

Ecclesiastes 9:14

Ecclesiastes chapter 9 · verse 14 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

v.13I have also seen wisdom under the sun on this wise, and it seemed great unto me:

v.14This passage

v.15Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Kings 6:24

    And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

  • 2 Samuel 20:15

    And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart; and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.