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Ecclesiastes 4:9
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Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed.
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.
Two people are better than one, because they get more done by working together.
Two [are] better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor.
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.
Two are better than one because they have a more satisfying return for their labor;
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.
Therfor it is betere, that tweyne be togidere than oon; for thei han profite of her felouschipe.
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.
You are better off to have a friend than to be all alone, because then you will get more enjoyment out of what you earn.
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their work.
Two are better than one, in that their cooperative efforts yield this advantage:
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Two people are better than one. When two people work together, they get more work done.
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Two are better then one; because they haue a good reward for their labour.
Two are better than one, because they have good pay for their work.
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.
Two are better then one: for they haue better wages for their labour.
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor;
Two are better off than one, because together they can work more effectively.
Better are two, than one, - in that they have a good reward for their toil.
It is better therefore that two should be together, than one: for they have the advantage of their society:
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.
Therfore two are better then one, for they may well enioy the profite of their labour: For yf one of them fall, his companion helpeth him vp agayne.
Two are better than one, seeing they have a good reward for their labour.
Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their efforts.
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Two are better than the one, for they enjoy a better reward for their toil.
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor.
The two [are] better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour.
Therfore two are better then one, for they maye well enioye the profit of their laboure.
It's better to have a partner than go it alone. Share the work, share the wealth. And if one falls down, the other helps, But if there's no one to help, tough!
Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor;
Two are better than one, Because they have a good reward for their labor.
Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor.
Two are better than one because they have good wages for their labor.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
are: Genesis 2:18, Exodus 4:14-16, Numbers 11:14, Proverbs 27:17, Haggai 1:14, Mark 6:7, Acts 13:2, Acts 15:39, Acts 15:40, 1 Corinthians 12:18-21
a good: Ruth 2:12, John 4:36, 2 John 1:8
Reciprocal: Exodus 4:27 - Go into Exodus 31:6 - I have given Judges 13:23 - his wife 1 Samuel 23:16 - strengthened 1 Chronicles 19:12 - If the Syrians Ezra 1:4 - help him Ecclesiastes 4:8 - one 1 Corinthians 12:22 - General
Cross-References
But Abel brought some of the firstborn of his flock—even the fattest of them. And the Lord was pleased with Abel and his offering,
Then the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" And he replied, "I don't know! Am I my brother's guardian?"
So now, you are banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
Then Cain said to the Lord , "My punishment is too great to endure!
Look! You are driving me off the land today, and I must hide from your presence. I will be a homeless wanderer on the earth; whoever finds me will kill me."
Then they brought the special tunic to their father and said, "We found this. Determine now whether it is your son's tunic or not."
For the one who takes revenge against murderers took notice of the oppressed; he did not overlook their cry for help
The one who covers his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses them and forsakes them will find mercy.
You people are from your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Two [are] better than one,.... The wise man takes occasion, from the solitariness Of the covetous man before described, to show in this and some following verses the preferableness and advantages of social life; which, as it holds true in things natural and civil, so in things spiritual and religious; man is a sociable creature, was made to be so; and it was the judgment of God, which is according to truth, and who can never err, that it was not good for man to be alone, Genesis 2:18. It is best to take a wife, or at least to have a friend or companion, more or less to converse with. Society is preferable to solitariness; conversation with a friend is better than to be always alone; the Targum is,
"two righteous men in a generation are better than one;''
such may be helpful to each other in their counsels and comforts, and mutual aids and assistances in things temporal and spiritual. The Midrash interprets this of the study in the law together, and of two that trade together, which is better than studying or trading separately;
because they have a good reward for their labour; the pleasure and profit they have in each other's company and conversation; in religious societies, though there is a labour in attendance on public worship, in praying and conferring together, in serving one another in love, and bearing one another's burdens, yet they have a good reward in it all; they have the presence of Christ with them, for, where two or three are met together in his name, he is with them; and whatsoever two of them agree to ask in his name they have it; and if two of them converse together about spiritual things, it is much if he does not make a third with them; besides they have a great deal of pleasure in each other's company, and much profit in their mutual instructions, advices, and reproofs; they sharpen each other's countenances, quicken and comfort each other's souls, establish one another in divine truth, and strengthen each other's hands and hearts.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The spectacle of a prosperous man whose condition is rendered vain by his brotherless, childless isolation.
Ecclesiastes 4:8
A second - Any one associated or connected with him.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
Compare a saying from the Talmud: “A man without companions is like the left hand without the right.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ecclesiastes 4:9. Two are better than one — Married life is infinitely to be preferred to this kind of life, for the very reasons alleged below, and which require no explanation.
