Ecclesiastes 9:14

עִיר קְטַנָּה וַאֲנָשִׁים בָּהּ מְעָט וּבָֽא ־ אֵלֶיהָ מֶלֶךְ גָּדוֹל וְסָבַב אֹתָהּ וּבָנָה עָלֶיהָ מְצוֹדִים גְּדֹלִֽים ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

13גַּם ־ זֹה רָאִיתִי חָכְמָה תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ וּגְדוֹלָה הִיא אֵלָֽי ׃

15וּמָצָא בָהּ אִישׁ מִסְכֵּן חָכָם וּמִלַּט ־ הוּא אֶת ־ הָעִיר בְּחָכְמָתוֹ וְאָדָם לֹא זָכַר אֶת ־ הָאִישׁ הַמִּסְכֵּן הַהּֽוּא ׃

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Cross References

2 Samuel 20:15וַיָּבֹאוּ וַיָּצֻרוּ עָלָיו בְּאָבֵלָה בֵּית הַֽמַּעֲכָה וַיִּשְׁפְּכוּ סֹֽלְלָה אֶל ־ הָעִיר וַֽתַּעֲמֹד בַּחֵל וְכָל ־ הָעָם אֲשֶׁר אֶת ־ יוֹאָב מַשְׁחִיתִם לְהַפִּיל הַחוֹמָֽה ׃

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 9:14-18

The Advantages of Wisdom. 13 This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: 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: 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. 16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. 17 The words of… Read the whole commentary →

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