Ecclesiastes 4:11

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?

In Context

10For, 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!

12And, though an enemy should prevail against one, two, might make a stand before him,—and, a threefold cord, cannot soon be broken.

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Cross References

1 Kings 1:2Wherefore his servants said unto him—Let there be sought for my lord the king, a young woman—a virgin, so shall she stand before the king, that she may become his companion,—and she shall lie in thy bosom, and my lord the king shall get, heat.

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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