◄ Ecclesiastes 4:9 ►
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor.
Context
The Evils of Oppression

1So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. 2Why I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive. 3Yes, better is he than both they, which has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. 4Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit. 5The fool folds his hands together, and eats his own flesh. 6Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. 7Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. 8There is one alone, and there is not a second; yes, he has neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labor; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither said he, For whom do I labor, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yes, it is a sore travail. 9Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor. 10For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falls; for he has not another to help him up. 11Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? 12And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.

Douay-Rheims Bible
It is better therefore that two should be together, than one: for they have the advantage of their society:

Darby Bible Translation
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

King James Bible
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

Young's Literal Translation
The two are better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour.

Strong's Concordance
Two [are] better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
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Ecclesiastes Chapter 4 Verse 9

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