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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
עיר קטנה ואנשים בה מעט ובא אליה מלך גדול וסבב אתה ובנה עליה מצודים גדלים
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
`yr qtnh vAnSHym bh m`t vbA Alyh mlk gdvl vsbb Ath vbnh `lyh mTSvdym gdlym

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
civitas parva et pauci in ea viri venit contra eam rex magnus et vallavit eam extruxitque munitiones per gyrum et perfecta est obsidio

King James Variants
American 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:
King James 2000 (out of print)   
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:
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
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:
Authorized (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:
New King James Version   
There was a little city with few men in it; and a great king came against it, besieged it, and built great snares around it.
21st Century 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.

Other translations
American Standard 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.
Darby Bible Translation   
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:
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
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.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
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:
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
There was a little city with few men in it, and a great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it.
God's Word   
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.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
There was a small city with few men in it. A great king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege works against it.
International Standard Version   
There was a little city with few men in it. A great king came against it, surrounded it, and built massive siege ramps against it.
NET Bible   
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.
New American Standard Bible   
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.
New International Version   
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.
New Living Translation   
There was a small town with only a few people, and a great king came with his army and besieged it.
Webster's Bible Translation   
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:
The World English Bible   
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.
EasyEnglish Bible   
There was a small city and only a few people lived in it. A powerful king came to attack that city. His army made their camp around the city. They built heaps of earth all around it.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
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;
New Life Version   
There was a small city with few men in it, and a great king came to it. His army gathered around it and built a large wall to help them in battle against it.
The Voice Bible   
Once there was a small town with only a few people in it. One day, out of nowhere, a king and his powerful army marched against it, surrounded it, and besieged it. The villagers didn’t know how to fend off such a powerful enemy.
Living Bible   
There was a small city with only a few people living in it, and a great king came with his army and besieged it.
New Catholic Bible   
There was a small town with very few inhabitants. A great king advanced against it and surrounded it while building great siege-works.
Legacy Standard Bible   
There was a small city with few men in it, and a great king came to it, surrounded it, and built large siegeworks against it.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
There was a little city and few men within it; and a great king came against it and besieged it and built great bulwarks against it;
Christian Standard Bible   
There was a small city with few men in it. A great king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege works against it.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
There was a little city with few men in it. And a great king came against it and besieged it and built great bulwarks against it.
New Century Version   
There was a small town with only a few people in it. A great king fought against it and put his armies all around it.
The Message   
One day as I was observing how wisdom fares on this earth, I saw something that made me sit up and take notice. There was a small town with only a few people in it. A strong king came and mounted an attack, building trenches and attack posts around it. There was a poor but wise man in that town whose wisdom saved the town, but he was promptly forgotten. (He was only a poor man, after all.)
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
There was a small city that had few men in it. A great king came against it, surrounded it, and built great siege works against it.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
There was a little city with few people in it. A great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it.
Good News Translation®   
There was a little town without many people in it. A powerful king attacked it. He surrounded it and prepared to break through the walls.
Wycliffe Bible   
A little city, and few men therein; a great king came against it, and compassed it with pales, and he builded strongholds, either engines, by compass; and [the] besieging was made perfect. (There was a small city, with only a few people in it; a great king came against it, and surrounded it with posts, and he built strongholds, or bulwarks, all around it; and so the siege was made perfect.)
Contemporary English Version   
It happened when a powerful ruler surrounded and attacked a small city where only a few people lived. The enemy army was getting ready to break through the city walls.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
There was a little city with few men in it; and a great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
There was a little city with few people in it. A great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
There was a little city with few people in it. A great king came against it and besieged it, building great siege-works against it.
Common English Bible © 2011   
There was a small town with only a few residents. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and waged a terrible war against it.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
There was a little city with few men in it and a great king came against it and besieged it and built great battlements against it.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
There was a little city with few men in it, and a great king came against it and besieged it, building great siege works against it.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Against a small city with few inhabitants advanced a mighty king, who surrounded it and threw up great siegeworks about it.
New American Standard Bible   
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.
The Expanded Bible   
There was a small town with only a few people in it. A great king ·fought against [invaded] it and ·put his armies all around it [L built great siegeworks against it].
Tree of Life Version   
There was a little city with a few people in it and a mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built great siege works against it.
Revised Standard Version   
There was a little city with few men in it; and a great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it.
New International Reader's Version   
There was once a small city. Only a few people lived there. A powerful king attacked it. He brought in war machines all around it.
BRG Bible   
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:
Complete Jewish Bible   
there was a small town with few people in it; and a great king came to attack it; he surrounded it and built massive siege-works against it.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
There was a little city with few people in it. A great king came against it and besieged it, building great siege-works against it.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
There was an ir ketanah (little city), and few men within it; and there came a melech gadol against it, and besieged it, and built metzorim gedolim (huge siegeworks) against it.
Names of God Bible   
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.
Modern English Version   
There was a small city with a few men in it; and a great king came and surrounded it, and he built up great siege works against it.
Easy-to-Read Version   
There was a small town with a few people in it. A great king fought against that town and put his armies all around it.
International Children’s Bible   
There was a small town with only a few people in it. A great king fought against it and put his armies all around it.
Lexham English Bible   
There was a small city with few people in it. A great king came and besieged it, building great siege works against it.
New International Version - UK   
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.