Ecclesiastes 4:9

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor.

American King James Version (AKJV)

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.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their work.

Webster's Revision

Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor.

World English Bible

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

English Revised Version (ERV)

Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

Clarke's Ecclesiastes 4:9 Bible Commentary

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.

Barnes's Ecclesiastes 4:9 Bible Commentary

Compare a saying from the Talmud: "A man without companions is like the left hand without the right."

Wesley's Ecclesiastes 4:9 Bible Commentary

4:9 Two - Who live together in any kind of society. Because - Both have great benefit by such conjunction, whereby they support, encourage, and strengthen one another.