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.


In Context

7 Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

8 There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. |For whom then, do I labor, and deprive my soul of enjoyment?| This also is vanity. Yes, it is a miserable business.

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 who is alone when he falls, and doesn't have another to lift him up.

11 Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one keep warm alone?

12 If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold 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 Webster 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; for he hath not another to help him to rise.

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.