LEB by section ECC 4:9

⌂ ← ECC 4:9–4:12 → ║ ©

Friends and Family Can Help One Another in Life

9 Two are better than the one, for they enjoy a better reward for their toil. 10 For if one falls, his companion may help him up. But pity the one who falls and there is no one[fn] to help him up. 11 Also if two lie together, they can keep each other warm.[fn] But how can one person be warm? 12 Although an assailant may overpower one person, two may withstand him.[fn] A threefold cord is not easily broken![fn]

4:10 Literally “there is not a second”

4:11 Literally “and it will be warm for them”

4:12 Literally “And even though he will prevail against him, the one; the second, they will withstand opposite him”

4:12 Literally “will not be broken in haste”

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