Ecclesiastes 4:12
And if one should prevail against him, 1 The two shall withstand him; 1 And a threefold cord shall not be quickly broken. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 should lie together, they also get heat: 1 But how shall one be warmed alone? 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:16And the three mighty men broke through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well that was in Bethlehem in the gate: and they took it, and brought it to David, and he would not drink it, but poured it out before the Lord.
2 Samuel 23:23He was honorable among the second three, but he reached not to the first three: and David made him his reporter. And these are the names of King David’s mighty men.
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 →