Ecclesiastes 4:12
And if a man could overpower him, the single one, two would stand up against him: and a threefold cord cannot quickly be torn asunder.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
In Context
11Also, if two lie together, then will they become warm; but how can one person alone become warm?
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:16And the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines; and drew water out of the well of Beth-lechem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David; but he would not drink thereof, and poured it out unto the Lord.
2 Samuel 23:23He was more honored than the thirty; but he attained not to these three. And David appointed him in his private council.
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 →