Ecclesiastes 9:14 Parallel Translations

There was a small town with a few soldiers in it, and a powerful king came to attack it. He surrounded it and blockaded it.(GOD'S WORD®)

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:

ASV:

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.

BBE:

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.

DBY:

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:

ERV:

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:

JPS:

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;

WBS:

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:

WEB:

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.

YLT:

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 Cross References

XREF:

Commentaries and Concordances

MHC:

9:13-18 A man may, by his wisdom, bring to pass that which he could never do by his strength. If God be for us, who can be against us, or stand before us? Solomon observes the power of wisdom, though it may labour under outward disadvantages. How forcible are right words! But wise and good men must often content themselves with the satisfaction of having done good, or, at least, endeavoured to do it, when they cannot do the good they would, nor have the praise they should. How many of the good gifts, both of nature and Providence, does one sinner destroy and make waste! He who destroys his own soul destroys much good. One sinner may draw many into his destroying ways. See who are the friends and enemies of a kingdom or a family, if one saint does much good, and one sinner destroys much good.

CONC:

Attack Besieged Building Built Bulwarks Constructed Encompassed Huge Large Round Siegeworks Surrounded Town War Within Works

Attack Besieged Building Built Bulwarks City Constructed Encompassed Few Great Little Once Powerful Siegeworks Small Surrounded War Within Works

New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org.

GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of God's Word to the Nations. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All rights reserved.

Online Parallel Bible