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;
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;
11 I have turned so as to see under the sun, that not to the swift is the race, nor to the mighty the battle, nor even to the wise bread, nor even to the intelligent wealth, nor even to the skilful grace, for time and chance happen with them all.
12 For even man knoweth not his time; as fish that are taken hold of by an evil net, and as birds that are taken hold of by a snare, like these are the sons of man snared at an evil time, when it falleth upon them suddenly.
13 This also I have seen: wisdom under the sun, and it is great to me.
14 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;
15 and there hath been found in it a poor wise man, and he hath delivered the city by his wisdom, and men have not remembered that poor man!
16 And I said, 'Better is wisdom than might, and the wisdom of the poor 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.
9:14There 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: