Ecclesiastes 4:9
טוֹבִים הַשְּׁנַיִם מִן ־ הָאֶחָד אֲשֶׁר יֵשׁ ־ לָהֶם שָׂכָר טוֹב בַּעֲמָלָֽם ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 4:14וַיִּֽחַר ־ אַף יְהוָה בְּמֹשֶׁה וַיֹּאמֶר הֲלֹא אַהֲרֹן אָחִיךָ הַלֵּוִי יָדַעְתִּי כִּֽי ־ דַבֵּר יְדַבֵּר הוּא וְגַם הִנֵּה ־ הוּא יֹצֵא לִקְרָאתֶךָ וְרָאֲךָ וְשָׂמַח בְּלִבּֽוֹ ׃
Ruth 2:12יְשַׁלֵּם יְהוָה פָּעֳלֵךְ וּתְהִי מַשְׂכֻּרְתֵּךְ שְׁלֵמָה מֵעִם יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר ־ בָּאת לַחֲסוֹת תַּֽחַת ־ כְּנָפָֽיו ׃
Proverbs 27:17בַּרְזֶל בְּבַרְזֶל יָחַד וְאִישׁ יַחַד פְּנֵֽי ־ רֵעֵֽהוּ ׃
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 →