Ecclesiastes 9:14

NIV: 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.

NAS: 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.

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:

GWT: 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.

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:

DRB: 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.

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;