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:
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:
11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happens to them all.
12 For man also knows 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 falls suddenly on them.
13 This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great to me:
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:
15 Now 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.
16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
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:
9:14There was once a small city with only a few people in it. And a powerful king came against it, surrounded it and built huge siegeworks against it.
9:14A little city, and few men in it: there came against it a great king, and invested it, and built bulwarks round about it, and the siege was perfect.
9:14There 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.
9:14There 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:
9:14There 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:
9:14There 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:
9:14There was a little city, and few men within it; and a great king came against it, besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.
9:14A 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;