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:
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4 additional translationsThere 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. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.
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;
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:
About this book
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About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''
- Author
- Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
- Date
- Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).