the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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Ecclesiastes 4:9
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Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their efforts.
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.
Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor;
Two people are better than one, because they get more done by working together.
Two are better than one because they have a more satisfying return for their labor;
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.
Two are better then one: for they haue better wages for their labour.
Two are better than one because they have good wages for their labor.
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.
You are better off to have a friend than to be all alone, because then you will get more enjoyment out of what you earn.
Two are better than one, in that their cooperative efforts yield this advantage:
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Two people are better than one. When two people work together, they get more work done.
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor;
Two are better off than one, because together they can work more effectively.
Two are better than the one, for they enjoy a better reward for their toil.
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor.
Therfore two are better then one, for they maye well enioye the profit of their laboure.
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their work.
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Two are better then one; because they haue a good reward for their labour.
Therfore two are better then one, for they may well enioy the profite of their labour: For yf one of them fall, his companion helpeth him vp agayne.
Two are better than one, seeing they have a good reward for their labour.
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.
Two [are] better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor.
Two people are better than one, because they can reap more benefit from their labor.
Two are better than one, Because they have a good reward for their labor.
Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed.
Two are better than one, because they have good pay for their work.
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.
Better are two, than one, - in that they have a good reward for their toil.
It is better therefore that two should be together, than one: for they have the advantage of their society:
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.
The two [are] better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour.
It's better to have a partner than go it alone. Share the work, share the wealth. And if one falls down, the other helps, But if there's no one to help, tough!
Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
are: Genesis 2:18, Exodus 4:14-16, Numbers 11:14, Proverbs 27:17, Haggai 1:14, Mark 6:7, Acts 13:2, Acts 15:39, Acts 15:40, 1 Corinthians 12:18-21
a good: Ruth 2:12, John 4:36, 2 John 1:8
Reciprocal: Exodus 4:27 - Go into Exodus 31:6 - I have given Judges 13:23 - his wife 1 Samuel 23:16 - strengthened 1 Chronicles 19:12 - If the Syrians Ezra 1:4 - help him Ecclesiastes 4:8 - one 1 Corinthians 12:22 - General
Cross-References
and Abel offride of the first gendrid of his floc, and of the fatnesse of tho. And the Lord bihelde to Abel and to the yiftis of hym;
And the Lord seide to Cayn, Where is Abel thi brother? Which answerde, Y woot not; whether Y am the kepere of my brothir?
Now therfor thou schalt be cursid on erthe, that openyde his mouth, and resseyuede of thin hond the blood of thi brothir.
And Cayn seide to the Lord, My wickidnesse is more than that Y disserue foryyuenesse; lo!
to dai thou castist me out fro the face of the erthe; and Y schal be hid fro thi face, and Y schal be vnstable of dwellyng and fleynge aboute in erthe; therfore ech man that schal fynde me schal slee me.
and seiden, We han founde this coote, se, whether it is the coote of thi sone, ether nai.
God foryetith not the cry of pore men; for he hath mynde, and sekith the blood of hem.
He that hidith hise grete trespassis, schal not be maad riytful; but he that knoulechith and forsakith tho, schal gete merci.
Ye ben of the fadir, the deuel, and ye wolen do the desyris of youre fadir. He was a mansleere fro the bigynnyng, and he stood not in treuthe; for treuthe is not in hym. Whanne he spekith lesyng, he spekith of his owne; for he is a liere, and fadir of it.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Two [are] better than one,.... The wise man takes occasion, from the solitariness Of the covetous man before described, to show in this and some following verses the preferableness and advantages of social life; which, as it holds true in things natural and civil, so in things spiritual and religious; man is a sociable creature, was made to be so; and it was the judgment of God, which is according to truth, and who can never err, that it was not good for man to be alone, Genesis 2:18. It is best to take a wife, or at least to have a friend or companion, more or less to converse with. Society is preferable to solitariness; conversation with a friend is better than to be always alone; the Targum is,
"two righteous men in a generation are better than one;''
such may be helpful to each other in their counsels and comforts, and mutual aids and assistances in things temporal and spiritual. The Midrash interprets this of the study in the law together, and of two that trade together, which is better than studying or trading separately;
because they have a good reward for their labour; the pleasure and profit they have in each other's company and conversation; in religious societies, though there is a labour in attendance on public worship, in praying and conferring together, in serving one another in love, and bearing one another's burdens, yet they have a good reward in it all; they have the presence of Christ with them, for, where two or three are met together in his name, he is with them; and whatsoever two of them agree to ask in his name they have it; and if two of them converse together about spiritual things, it is much if he does not make a third with them; besides they have a great deal of pleasure in each other's company, and much profit in their mutual instructions, advices, and reproofs; they sharpen each other's countenances, quicken and comfort each other's souls, establish one another in divine truth, and strengthen each other's hands and hearts.
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: âA man without companions is like the left hand without the right.â
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ecclesiastes 4:9. Two are better than one — Married life is infinitely to be preferred to this kind of life, for the very reasons alleged below, and which require no explanation.
