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Ecclesiastes 9:14 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 9 · verse 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:Ecclesiastes 9:14 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 9:14 in context
12For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
13This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:
14There 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:
15Now 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.
16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- besiegedçâbabto revolve, surround, or borderH5437 →
- littleqâṭânabbreviatedH6996 →
- greatgâdôwlgreatH1419 →
- builtbânâhto buildH1129 →
- cityʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
- camebôwʼto go or comeH935 →
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Solomon still recommends wisdom to us as necessary to the preserving of our peace and the perfecting of our business, notwithstanding the vanities and crosses which human affairs are subject to. He had said (Ecc 9:11), Bread is not always to the wise;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-18