Ecclesiastes 4:10

For, if the one should fall, [the other] would raise up his companion,—but alas! for him who is alone when he falleth, with no second to raise him up!

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

9Better are two, than one,—in that they have a good reward for their toil.

11Moreover, if two lie together, then have they warmth,—but how can, one, have warmth?

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Cross References

Genesis 4:8And Cain said unto Abel his brother Let us go into the field And it came to pass when they were in the field that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

Exodus 32:21And Moses said unto Aaron, What had this people done to thee,—that thou shouldst have brought upon them a great sin?

1 Samuel 23:16So Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose and went unto David in the thicket,—and strengthened his hand in God;

2 Samuel 12:7Then said Nathan unto David: Thou, art the man! Thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel—I, anointed thee to be king over Israel, and, I, delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

Job 4:3Lo! thou hast admonished many, and, slack hands, hast thou been wont to uphold:

Luke 22:31Simon! Simon! lo! Satan, hath claimed you, to sift as 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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