Ecclesiastes 4:10

For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falls, and there is not a second to lift him up.

Brenton Septuagint

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, seeing they have a good reward for their labour.

11Also if two should lie together, they also get heat: but how shall one be warmed alone?

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Cross References

Genesis 4:8And Cain said to Abel his brother, Let us go out into the plain; and it came to pass that when they were in the plain Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

Exodus 32:21And Moses said to Aaron, What has this people done to thee, that thou hast brought upon them a great sin?

1 Samuel 23:16And Jonathan son of Saul rose, and went to David to Cæne, and strengthened his hands in the Lord.

2 Samuel 12:7And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man that has done this. Thus says the Lord God of Israel, I anointed thee to be king over Israel, and I rescued thee out of the hand of Saul;

Job 4:3For whereas thou hast instructed many, and hast strengthened the hands of the weak one,

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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