Ecclesiastes 9:14
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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.
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.
There was a little city with few men in it and a great king came against it and besieged it and built great battlements against it.
There was a little city with few men in it. And a great king came against it and besieged it and built great bulwarks against it.
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:
There was a small city with few men in it. A great king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege works against it.
There was a small city with few men in it. A great king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege works against it.
There was a small town with only a few residents. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and waged a terrible war against it.
there was a small town with few people in it; and a great king came to attack it; he surrounded it and built massive siege-works against it.
It happened when a powerful ruler surrounded and attacked a small city where only a few people lived. The enemy army was getting ready to break through the city walls.
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:
A 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.
There was a small town with a few people in it. A great king fought against that town and put his armies all around it.
There was a small city and only a few people lived in it. A powerful king came to attack that city. His army made their camp around the city. They built heaps of earth all around it.
There was a small city that had few men in it. A great king came against it, surrounded it, and built great siege works against it.
There was a little city with few men in it, and a great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it.
There was a little city with few men in it, and a great king came against it and besieged it, building great siege works against it.
There was a small town with only a few people in it. A great king ·fought against [invaded] it and ·put his armies all around it [L built great siegeworks against it].
A little city and few men in it, and a great King came against it, and compassed it about, and built forts against it.
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.
There was a little town without many people in it. A powerful king attacked it. He surrounded it and prepared to break through the walls.
There was a small city with few men in it. A great king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege works against it.
There was a small town with only a few people in it. A great king fought against it and put his armies all around it.
There was a little city with few men in it. A great king came against it, surrounded it, and built massive siege ramps against it.
There was a little city and few men within it; and a great king came against it and besieged it and built great bulwarks against it;
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:
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:
There was a small city with few men in it, and a great king came to it, surrounded it, and built large siegeworks against it.
There was a small city with few people in it. A great king came and besieged it, building great siege works against it.
There was a small city with only a few people living in it, and a great king came with his army and besieged it.
One day as I was observing how wisdom fares on this earth, I saw something that made me sit up and take notice. There was a small town with only a few people in it. A strong king came and mounted an attack, building trenches and attack posts around it. There was a poor but wise man in that town whose wisdom saved the town, but he was promptly forgotten. (He was only a poor man, after all.)
There was a small city with a few men in it; and a great king came and surrounded it, and he built up great siege works against it.
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.
Against a small city with few inhabitants advanced a mighty king, who surrounded it and threw up great siegeworks about it.
there was a small city with few men in it, and a great king came to it, surrounded it, and constructed large siegeworks against it.
There was a small city with few men in it and a great king came to it, surrounded it and constructed large siegeworks against it.
There was a small town with very few inhabitants. A great king advanced against it and surrounded it while building great siege-works.
There was a small town with only a few people in it. A great king fought against it and put his armies all around it.
There was once a small city with a few men in it, and a mighty king attacked it, besieging it and building strong siege works against it.
There was once a small city. Only a few people lived there. A powerful king attacked it. He brought in war machines all around it.
There was once a small city with only a few people in it. And a powerful king came against it, surrounded it and built huge siege works against it.
there was once a small city with only a few people in it. And a powerful king came against it, surrounded it and built huge siege works against it.
There was a little city with few men in it; and a great king came against it, besieged it, and built great snares around it.
There was a small city with few men in it, and a great king came to it. His army gathered around it and built a large wall to help them in battle against it.
There was a small town with only a few people, and a great king came with his army and besieged it.
There was a little city with few people in it. A great king came against it and besieged it, building great siege-works against it.
There was a little city with few people in it. A great king came against it and besieged it, building great siege-works against it.
There was a little city with few people in it. A great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it.
There was a little city with few people in it. A great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it.
There was an ir ketanah (little city), and few men within it; and there came a melech gadol against it, and besieged it, and built metzorim gedolim (huge siegeworks) against it.
There was a little city, with few men in it. And a great king came against it and surrounded it and built siege ramps against it.
There was a little city with few men in it; and a great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it.
There was a little city with few men in it; and a great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it.
There was a little city with a few people in it and a mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built great siege works against it.
Once there was a small town with only a few people in it. One day, out of nowhere, a king and his powerful army marched against it, surrounded it, and besieged it. The villagers didn’t know how to fend off such a powerful enemy.
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.
A little city, and few men therein; a great king came against it, and compassed it with pales, and he builded strongholds, either engines, by compass; and [the] besieging was made perfect. (There was a small city, with only a few people in it; a great king came against it, and surrounded it with posts, and he built strongholds, or bulwarks, all around it; and so the siege was made perfect.)
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;
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