Ecclesiastes 9:14
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.”
A short, plain-language explanation of Ecclesiastes 9:14 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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:”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ecclesiastes 9:14 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 20:20But you may destroy the trees that you know do not produce fruit. Use them to build siege works against the city that is waging war against you, until it falls.
- 2 Samuel 20:15And Joab’s troops came and besieged Sheba in Abel-beth-maacah and built a siege ramp against the outer rampart of the city. As all the troops with Joab were battering the wall to topple it,
- 2 Kings 6:24Some time later, Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army and marched up to besiege Samaria.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).