Ecclesiastes 9:14 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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:”
Ecclesiastes 9:14 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 9:14 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 9:14 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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.”
Ecclesiastes 9:14 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 9:14 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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.”
Ecclesiastes 9:14 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 9:14 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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;”
Ecclesiastes 9:14 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 9:14 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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:”
Ecclesiastes 9:14 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 9:14 GEN — 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.”
Ecclesiastes 9:14 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 9:14 in Context — Ecclesiastes 9
12 L’homme ne connaît pas non plus son heure, pareil aux poissons qui sont pris au filet fatal, et aux oiseaux qui sont pris au piège; comme eux, les fils de l’homme sont enlacés au temps du malheur, lorsqu’il tombe sur eux tout à coup.
13 J’ai aussi vu sous le soleil ce trait d’une sagesse qui m’a paru grande.
14 Il y avait une petite ville, avec peu d’hommes dans son sein; un roi puissant marcha sur elle, l’investit, et éleva contre elle de grands forts.
15 Il s’y trouvait un homme pauvre et sage, qui sauva la ville par sa sagesse. Et personne ne s’est souvenu de cet homme pauvre.
16 Et j’ai dit: La sagesse vaut mieux que la force. Cependant la sagesse du pauvre est méprisée, et ses paroles ne sont pas écoutées.
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What Does Ecclesiastes 9:14 Mean?
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