What Ecclesiastes 4:9 Means

Ecclesiastes 4:9

“Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.”Ecclesiastes 4:9 (KJV)

What Ecclesiastes 4:9 means

Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. God's design weaves us for companionship, because shared life multiplies strength and shared burdens lighten. When one falls, the other lifts, and a bond held together with God, as the next verses add, is not quickly broken.

Ecclesiastes 4:9 in different translations

King James Version (KJV)Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
World English Bible (WEB)Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.
American Standard Version (ASV)Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.

Ecclesiastes 4:9 in context

8There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail. 9Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. 10For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.

A prayer

Father, thank You for Ecclesiastes 4:9. Let this word be more than ink to me; write it on my heart, and help me to believe it and live it today. In Jesus' name, amen.

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