Verse
Ecclesiastes 4:10 — For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him…
“For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.”
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The verses around Ecclesiastes 4:10.
8There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
9Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
10For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
11Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
12And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Verse explanation
The image of someone falling alone, with no one to help him up, is a very practical argument in favor of companionship, more concrete than an abstract reflection on friendship.
From the Ecclesiastes 4 study in Bible in Stories.
Ecclesiastes 4:10 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Porque se vierem a cair, um levanta ao seu companheiro: mas ai do que estiver só; pois, caindo, não haverá outro que o levante.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Porque se vierem a cair, um levanta ao seu companheiro; mas ai daquele que está só, pois caso caia, não há outro que o levante.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Si uno de ellos se cae, el otro puede ayudarlo a levantarse, pero qué triste es el que se cae y no tiene a nadie que lo ayude a levantarse.
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More verses about friendship
- Proverbs 17:17A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
- Proverbs 27:17Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
- Ecclesiastes 4:9Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
- John 15:13Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
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