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 to rise.


In Context

7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.

8 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yes, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labor; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labor, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yes, it is a grievous labor.

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

10 For 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 to rise.

11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?

12 And if one prevaileth against him, two shall withstand him; and a three-fold cord is not quickly broken.

Ecclesiastes 4:10 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:10For 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:10If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:10If one fall he shall be supported by the other: woe to him that is alone, for when he falleth, he hath none to lift him up.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:10For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to lift him up.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:10For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and who hath not another to lift him up!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:10For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to lift him up.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:10For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn't have another to lift him up.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:10For if they fall, the one raiseth up his companion, but woe to the one who falleth and there is not a second to raise him up!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:10For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falls; for he has not another to help him up.