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OET-LV A_city small and_people in/on/at/with_it [were]_few and_came to_her/it a_king great and_surrounded DOM_her/it and_building on/upon_it(f) siege_works great.
UHB עִ֣יר קְטַנָּ֔ה וַאֲנָשִׁ֥ים בָּ֖הּ מְעָ֑ט וּבָֽא־אֵלֶ֜יהָ מֶ֤לֶךְ גָּדוֹל֙ וְסָבַ֣ב אֹתָ֔הּ וּבָנָ֥ה עָלֶ֖יהָ מְצוֹדִ֥ים גְּדֹלִֽים׃ ‡
(ˊiyr qəţannāh vaʼₐnāshiym bāh məˊāţ ūⱱāʼ-ʼēleyhā melek ggādōl vəşāⱱaⱱ ʼotāh ūⱱānāh ˊāleyhā məʦōdiym ggədoliym.)
Key: yellow:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT There was a small city and a few men in it, and a great king came against it, and he besieged it, and he built great siegeworks against it.
UST There was a small town, where only a few people lived. The army of a great king came to that town and surrounded it. They built dirt ramps up against the walls in order to climb up and attack the town.
BSB There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.
OEB my notice, and it greatly impressed me. There was a small and thinly garrisoned town, which a power- ful king came and invested by building huge
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.
NET 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.
LSV A little city, and few men in it, and a great king has come to it, and has surrounded it, and has built against it great bulwarks;
FBV Once there was a small town with only a few inhabitants. A powerful king came and besieged the town, building great earth ramps against its walls.
T4T There was a small town, where only a few people lived. The army of a great king came to that town and surrounded it. They built dirt ramps up against the walls in order to climb up and attack the town.
LEB There was a small city with few people in it. A great king came and besieged it, building great siege works 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.
MOF No MOF ECC book available
JPS 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;
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.
DRA 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.
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;
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:
RV 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:
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:
KJB 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:
BB There was a litle citie and a few men within it: so there came a great kyng and besieged it, and made great bulwarkes against it.
(There was a little city and a few men within it: so there came a great king and besieged it, and made great bulwarkes against it.)
GNV A litle citie and fewe men in it, and a great King came against it, and compassed it about, and builded fortes against it.
(A little city and few men in it, and a great King came against it, and compassed it about, and builded fortes against it.)
CB There was a litle cite, & a few me within it: so there came a greate kynge & beseged it, & made greate bulworkes agaynst it.
(There was a little city, and a few me within it: so there came a great king and beseged it, and made great bulworkes against it.)
WYC A litil citee, and a fewe men ther ynne; a greet kyng cam ayens it, and cumpasside it with palis, and he bildide strengthis bi cumpas; and bisegyng was maad perfit.
(A little city, and a few men there ynne; a great king came against it, and cumpasside it with palis, and he bildide strengthis by cumpas; and bisegyng was made perfit.)
LUT daß eine, kleine Stadt war und wenig Leute drinnen, und kam ein großer König und belegte sie und bauete große Bollwerke drum,
(daß eine, kleine city was and wenig Leute drinnen, and came a großer king and belegte they/she/them and bauete large Bollwerke drum,)
CLV civitas parva, et pauci in ea viri; venit contra eam rex magnus, et vallavit eam, exstruxitque munitiones per gyrum, et perfecta est obsidio.
(civitas parva, and pauci in ea viri; he_came contra her rex big, and vallavit eam, exstruxitque munitiones per gyrum, and perfecta it_is obsidio.)
BRN suppose there were a little city, and few men in it; and there should come against it a great king, and surround it, and build great mounds against it;
BrLXX Πόλις μικρὰ καὶ ἄνδρες ἐν αὐτῇ ὀλίγοι, καὶ ἔλθῃ ἐπʼ αὐτὴν βασιλεὺς μέγας καὶ κυκλώσῃ αὐτὴν, καὶ οἰκοδομήσῃ ἐπʼ αὐτὴν χάρακας μεγάλους·
(Polis mikra kai andres en autaʸ oligoi, kai elthaʸ epʼ autaʸn basileus megas kai kuklōsaʸ autaʸn, kai oikodomaʸsaʸ epʼ autaʸn ⱪarakas megalous;)
9:13-18 This poor man’s particular wise action was effective. Wisdom is better than power, strength, or weapons (see 4:13; 7:9, 19; 10:4), yet the worthy are not always honored, and even the wise are forgotten (see 2:16; 4:16).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
(Occurrence 0) a great king came against it
(Some words not found in UHB: (a)_city small and,people in/on/at/with,it few and,came to=her/it king big/great and,surrounded DOM=her/it and,building on/upon=it(f) siegeworks great )
Here the “king” represents himself and his whole army. Alternate translation: “a great king and his army”
(Occurrence 0) great siege ramps
(Some words not found in UHB: (a)_city small and,people in/on/at/with,it few and,came to=her/it king big/great and,surrounded DOM=her/it and,building on/upon=it(f) siegeworks great )
This refers to dirt ramps the army built up against the city walk so that they could climb up and attack the city.