Ecclesiastes 9:14
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:In other versions
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
There was a little town and the number of its men was small, and there came a great king against it and made an attack on it, building works of war round about it.
BBE
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:
DBY
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.
WEB
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;
YLT
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:
ENG
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:
WBT
There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.
BSB
In context
12For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
13This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:
14There 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:
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.
16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.