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Ecclesiastes 4:11
So again, if two are sleeping together they are warm, but how may one be warm by himself?
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Christian Standard Bible®
Also, if two lie down together, they can keep warm; but how can one person alone keep warm?
Also, if two lie down together, they can keep warm; but how can one person alone keep warm?
Hebrew Names Version
Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one keep warm alone?
Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one keep warm alone?
King James Version
Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
English Standard Version
Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone?
Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone?
New American Standard Bible
Furthermore, if two lie down together they keep warm, but how can one be warm alone?
Furthermore, if two lie down together they keep warm, but how can one be warm alone?
New Century Version
If two lie down together, they will be warm, but a person alone will not be warm.
If two lie down together, they will be warm, but a person alone will not be warm.
Amplified Bible
Again, if two lie down together, then they keep warm; but how can one be warm alone?
Again, if two lie down together, then they keep warm; but how can one be warm alone?
World English Bible
Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one keep warm alone?
Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one keep warm alone?
Geneva Bible (1587)
Also if two sleepe together, then shall they haue heate: but to one how should there be heate?
Also if two sleepe together, then shall they haue heate: but to one how should there be heate?
Legacy Standard Bible
Furthermore, if two lie down together they keep warm, but how can one be warm alone?
Furthermore, if two lie down together they keep warm, but how can one be warm alone?
Berean Standard Bible
Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone?
Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone?
Contemporary English Version
If you sleep alone, you won't have anyone to keep you warm on a cold night.
If you sleep alone, you won't have anyone to keep you warm on a cold night.
Complete Jewish Bible
Again, if two people sleep together, they keep each other warm; but how can one person be warm by himself?
Again, if two people sleep together, they keep each other warm; but how can one person be warm by himself?
Darby Translation
Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one alone be warm?
Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one alone be warm?
Easy-to-Read Version
If two people sleep together, they will be warm. But a person sleeping alone will not be warm.
If two people sleep together, they will be warm. But a person sleeping alone will not be warm.
George Lamsa Translation
Again, if two sleep together, they will be warm; but how can one be warm alone?
Again, if two sleep together, they will be warm; but how can one be warm alone?
Good News Translation
If it is cold, two can sleep together and stay warm, but how can you keep warm by yourself
If it is cold, two can sleep together and stay warm, but how can you keep warm by yourself
Lexham English Bible
Also if two lie together, they can keep each other warm. But how can one person be warm?
Also if two lie together, they can keep each other warm. But how can one person be warm?
Literal Translation
Also if two lie together , then they have warmth; but for one, how is he warm?
Also if two lie together , then they have warmth; but for one, how is he warm?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Agayne, when two slepe together, they are warme: but how can a body be warme alone?
Agayne, when two slepe together, they are warme: but how can a body be warme alone?
American Standard Version
Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one be warm alone?
Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one be warm alone?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one be warm alone?
Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one be warm alone?
King James Version (1611)
Againe, if two lye together, then they haue heate; but howe can one be warme alone?
Againe, if two lye together, then they haue heate; but howe can one be warme alone?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Agayne, when two sleepe together they are warme: but howe can a body be warme alone?
Agayne, when two sleepe together they are warme: but howe can a body be warme alone?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Also if two should lie together, they also get heat: but how shall one be warmed alone?
Also if two should lie together, they also get heat: but how shall one be warmed alone?
English Revised Version
Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth: but how can one be warm alone?
Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth: but how can one be warm alone?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And if tweyne slepen, thei schulen be nurschid togidere; hou schal oon be maad hoot?
And if tweyne slepen, thei schulen be nurschid togidere; hou schal oon be maad hoot?
Update Bible Version
Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one be warm [alone]?
Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one be warm [alone]?
Webster's Bible Translation
Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm [alone]?
Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm [alone]?
New English Translation
Furthermore, if two lie down together, they can keep each other warm, but how can one person keep warm by himself?
Furthermore, if two lie down together, they can keep each other warm, but how can one person keep warm by himself?
New King James Version
Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; But how can one be warm alone?
Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; But how can one be warm alone?
New Living Translation
Likewise, two people lying close together can keep each other warm. But how can one be warm alone?
Likewise, two people lying close together can keep each other warm. But how can one be warm alone?
New Life Bible
And if two lie down together, they keep warm. But how can one be warm alone?
And if two lie down together, they keep warm. But how can one be warm alone?
New Revised Standard
Again, if two lie together, they keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone?
Again, if two lie together, they keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Moreover, if two lie together, then have they warmth, - but how can, one, have warmth?
Moreover, if two lie together, then have they warmth, - but how can, one, have warmth?
Douay-Rheims Bible
And if two lie together, they shall warm one another: how shall one alone be warmed?
And if two lie together, they shall warm one another: how shall one alone be warmed?
Revised Standard Version
Again, if two lie together, they are warm; but how can one be warm alone?
Again, if two lie together, they are warm; but how can one be warm alone?
Young's Literal Translation
Also, if two lie down, then they have heat, but how hath one heat?
Also, if two lie down, then they have heat, but how hath one heat?
THE MESSAGE
Two in a bed warm each other. Alone, you shiver all night.
Two in a bed warm each other. Alone, you shiver all night.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Furthermore, if two lie down together they keep warm, but how can one be warm alone?
Furthermore, if two lie down together they keep warm, but how can one be warm alone?
Contextual Overview
7 Then I came back, and I saw an example of what is to no purpose under the sun. 8 It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter work. 9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their work. 10 And if one has a fall, the other will give him a hand; but unhappy is the man who is by himself, because he has no helper. 11 So again, if two are sleeping together they are warm, but how may one be warm by himself? 12 And two attacked by one would be safe, and three cords twisted together are not quickly broken.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
1 Kings 1:1, 1 Kings 1:2
Cross-References
Genesis 3:14
And the Lord God said to the snake, Because you have done this you are cursed more than all cattle and every beast of the field; you will go flat on the earth, and dust will be your food all the days of your life:
And the Lord God said to the snake, Because you have done this you are cursed more than all cattle and every beast of the field; you will go flat on the earth, and dust will be your food all the days of your life:
Genesis 4:14
You have sent me out this day from the face of the earth and from before your face; I will be a wanderer in flight over the earth, and whoever sees me will put me to death.
You have sent me out this day from the face of the earth and from before your face; I will be a wanderer in flight over the earth, and whoever sees me will put me to death.
Genesis 4:15
And the Lord said, Truly, if Cain is put to death, seven lives will be taken for his. And the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one might put him to death.
And the Lord said, Truly, if Cain is put to death, seven lives will be taken for his. And the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one might put him to death.
Genesis 4:16
And Cain went away from before the face of the Lord, and made his living-place in the land of Nod on the east of Eden.
And Cain went away from before the face of the Lord, and made his living-place in the land of Nod on the east of Eden.
Genesis 4:19
And Lamech had two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
And Lamech had two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
Genesis 4:20
And Adah gave birth to Jabal: he was the father of such as are living in tents and keep cattle.
And Adah gave birth to Jabal: he was the father of such as are living in tents and keep cattle.
Genesis 4:21
And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all players on instruments of music.
And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all players on instruments of music.
Genesis 4:26
And Seth had a son, and he gave him the name of Enosh: at this time men first made use of the name of the Lord in worship.
And Seth had a son, and he gave him the name of Enosh: at this time men first made use of the name of the Lord in worship.
Job 16:18
O earth, let not my blood be covered, and let my cry have no resting-place!
O earth, let not my blood be covered, and let my cry have no resting-place!
Isaiah 26:21
For the Lord is coming out of his place to send punishment on the people of the earth for their evil-doing: the earth will let the blood drained out on her be seen, and will keep her dead covered no longer.
For the Lord is coming out of his place to send punishment on the people of the earth for their evil-doing: the earth will let the blood drained out on her be seen, and will keep her dead covered no longer.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Again, if two lie together, then they have heat,.... The Targum adds, in the winter; when it is a cold season, they warm one another by lying together. The Targum interprets it of a man and his wife; it is true of others; see 1 Kings 1:1;
but how can one be warm [alone]? not soon, nor easily, in time of cold weather. This is true in a spiritual sense of persons in a Christian communion and religious society; when they are grown cold in their love, lukewarm in their affections, and backward and indifferent to spiritual exercises, yet by Christian conversation may be stirred up to love and good works: so two cold flints struck against each other, fire comes out of them; and even two cold Christians, when they come to talk with each other about spiritual things, and feel one another's spirits, they presently glow in their affections to each other, and to divine things; and especially if Christ joins them with his presence, as he did the two disciples going to Emmaus, then their hearts burn within them.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The spectacle of a prosperous man whose condition is rendered vain by his brotherless, childless isolation.
Ecclesiastes 4:8
A second - Any one associated or connected with him.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
Compare a saying from the Talmud: “A man without companions is like the left hand without the right.”
