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Ecclesiastes 4:12 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 4 · verse 12
And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.Ecclesiastes 4:12 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 4:12 in context
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.
11Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
12And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
13Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
14For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- withstandʻâmadto stand, in various relationsH5975 →
- threefoldshâlashto be triplicateH8027 →
- prevailtâqaphto overpowerH8630 →
- quicklymᵉhêrâhproperly, a hurryH4120 →
- cordchûwṭa stringH2339 →
- twoshᵉnayimtwoH8147 →
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Here Solomon fastens upon another instance of the vanity of this world, that frequently the more men have of it the more they would have; and on this they are so intent that they have no enjoyment of what they have. Now Solomon here shows, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-12