Ecclesiastes 4:10

For if they fall, the one raises up his companion, but woe to the one who falls and there is not a second to raise him up!

Literal Standard 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

9The two [are] better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labor.

11Also, if two lie down, then they have heat, but how has one heat?

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Cross References

Genesis 4:8And Cain says to his brother Abel, [[“Let us go into the field”;]] and it comes to pass in their being in the field, that Cain rises up against his brother Abel, and slays him.

Exodus 32:21And Moses says to Aaron, “What has this people done to you, that you have brought in a great sin on it?”

1 Samuel 23:16And Jonathan son of Saul rises, and goes to David [in the] forest, and strengthens his hand in God,

2 Samuel 12:7And Nathan says to David, “You [are] the man! Thus said YHWH, God of Israel: I anointed you for king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul;

Job 4:3Behold, you have instructed many, || And feeble hands you make strong.

Luke 22:31And the LORD said, “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked for himself to sift you as the 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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