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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

8יֵשׁ אֶחָד וְאֵין שֵׁנִי גַּם בֵּן וָאָח אֵֽין ־ לוֹ וְאֵין קֵץ לְכָל ־ עֲמָלוֹ גַּם ־ עיניו לֹא ־ תִשְׂבַּע עֹשֶׁר וּלְמִי ׀ אֲנִי עָמֵל וּמְחַסֵּר אֶת ־ נַפְשִׁי מִטּוֹבָה גַּם ־ זֶה הֶבֶל וְעִנְיַן רָע הֽוּא ׃

10כִּי אִם ־ יִפֹּלוּ הָאֶחָד יָקִים אֶת ־ חֲבֵרוֹ וְאִילוֹ הָֽאֶחָד שֶׁיִּפּוֹל וְאֵין שֵׁנִי לַהֲקִימֽוֹ ׃

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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 →

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