Ecclesiastes 4:9

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“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 labour.”

— KJV

“Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.”

— ASV

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Proverbs 27:17 "Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance."
Genesis 2:18 "Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”"
1 Corinthians 12:18-21 "But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body, just as he desired."
Numbers 11:14 "I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me."
Mark 6:7 "He called to himself the twelve, and began to send them out two by two; and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits."
John 4:36 "He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit to eternal life; that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together."
Ruth 2:12 "May Yahweh repay your work, and a full reward be given to you from Yahweh, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take ref…"
Acts 13:2 "As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them.”"

Commentary

Two--opposed to "one" (Ecc 4:8). Ties of union, marriage, friendship, religious communion, are better than the selfish solitariness of the miser (Gen 2:18). reward--Advantage accrues from their efforts being conjoined. The Talmud says, "A man without a companion is like a left hand without the right.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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