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Ecclesiastes 4:9 — Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their…
“Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.”
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The verses around Ecclesiastes 4:9.
7Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
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?
Verse explanation
The saying that “two are better than one” and the image of “a threefold cord” that is “not quickly broken” praise companionship and friendship as protection against life’s falls, in contrast with the lonely rich man with no heirs described just before.
From the Ecclesiastes 4 study in Bible in Stories.
Ecclesiastes 4:9 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Melhores são dois do que um, porque teem melhor paga do seu trabalho.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Dois são melhores do que um, porque eles têm melhor recompensa por seu trabalho.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Dos son mejor que uno, pues pueden ayudarse mutuamente en su trabajo.
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- Colossians 3:14And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
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.
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- John 15:13Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
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