| Ecclesiastes 4:9 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | Two people are better than one because together they have a good reward for their hard work.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. |
| ASV: | Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. |
| BBE: | Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their work. |
| DBY: | Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. |
| ERV: | Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. |
| JPS: | Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. |
| WBS: | Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor. |
| WEB: | Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. |
| YLT: | The two are better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour. |
| Ecclesiastes 4:9 Cross References |
| XREF: | Ecclesiastes 4:8 There was a certain man without a dependent, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches and he never asked, "And for whom am I laboring and depriving myself of pleasure?" This too is vanity and it is a grievous task.
Ecclesiastes 4:10 For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 4:9 {f} Two [are] better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
(f) As when man is alone, he can neither help himself nor others, he shows that men should live in mutual society to the intent that they may be profitable one to another, and that their things may increase. |
| WES: | 4:9 Two - Who live together in any kind of society. Because - Both have great benefit by such conjunction, whereby they support, encourage, and strengthen one another. |
| MHC: | 4:9-12 Surely he has more satisfaction in life, who labours hard to maintain those he loves, than the miser has in his toil. In all things union tends to success and safety, but above all, the union of Christians. They assist each other by encouragement, or friendly reproof. They warm each other's hearts while they converse together of the love of Christ, or join in singing his praises. Then let us improve our opportunities of Christian fellowship. In these things all is not vanity, though there will be some alloy as long as we are under the sun. Where two are closely joined in holy love and fellowship, Christ will by his Spirit come to them; then there is a threefold cord. |
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