Ecclesiastes 4:12

וְאִֽם ־ יִתְקְפוֹ הָאֶחָד הַשְּׁנַיִם יַעַמְדוּ נֶגְדּוֹ וְהַחוּט הַֽמְשֻׁלָּשׁ לֹא בִמְהֵרָה יִנָּתֵֽק ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

11גַּם אִם ־ יִשְׁכְּבוּ שְׁנַיִם וְחַם לָהֶם וּלְאֶחָד אֵיךְ יֵחָֽם ׃

13טוֹב יֶלֶד מִסְכֵּן וְחָכָם מִמֶּלֶךְ זָקֵן וּכְסִיל אֲשֶׁר לֹא ־ יָדַע לְהִזָּהֵר עֽוֹד ׃

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Cross References

2 Samuel 23:16וַיִּבְקְעוּ שְׁלֹשֶׁת הַגִּבֹּרִים בְּמַחֲנֵה פְלִשְׁתִּים וַיִּֽשְׁאֲבוּ ־ מַיִם מִבֹּאר בֵּֽית ־ לֶחֶם אֲשֶׁר בַּשַּׁעַר וַיִּשְׂאוּ וַיָּבִאוּ אֶל ־ דָּוִד וְלֹא אָבָה לִשְׁתּוֹתָם וַיַּסֵּךְ אֹתָם לַֽיהוָֽה ׃

2 Samuel 23:23מִן ־ הַשְּׁלֹשִׁים נִכְבָּד וְאֶל ־ הַשְּׁלֹשָׁה לֹא ־ בָא וַיְשִׂמֵהוּ דָוִד אֶל ־ מִשְׁמַעְתּֽוֹ ׃ ס

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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