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Ecclesiastes 9:14
There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.
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:
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.
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.
Geneva Bible 1599
A litle citie and fewe men in it, and a great King came against it, and compassed it about, and builded fortes against it.
Darby Translation
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:
Young's Literal Translation
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;
Bible in Basic English
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.
13I have also seen this wisdom under the sun, and it was great to me:
15Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.
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