Ecclesiastes 4:10

For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow, but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and has not another to lift him up.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

9Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.

11Again, if two lay together, then they have warmth, but how can one be warm [alone]?

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Cross References

Genesis 4:8And Cain told Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and killed him.

Exodus 32:21And Moses said to Aaron, What did this people do to thee, that thou have brought a great sin upon them?

1 Samuel 23:16And Jonathan, Saul's son, arose, and went to David into the forest, and strengthened his hand in God.

2 Samuel 12:7And Nathan said to David, Thou are the man. Thus says LORD, the God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul.

Job 4:3Behold, thou have instructed many, and thou have strengthened the weak hands.

Luke 22:31And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you to sift you as wheat,

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 4:8-13

The Vanity of Human Wishes. 7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. 8 There 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. 9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. 10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is… Read the whole commentary →

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