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


In Context

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.

13 Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn't know how to receive admonition any more.

Ecclesiastes 4:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:11Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm [alone? ]

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:11Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:11And if two lie together, they shall warm one another: how shall one alone be warmed?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:11Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one be warm alone ?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:11Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one alone be warm?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:11Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth: but how can one be warm alone?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:11Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:11Also, if two lie down, then they have heat, but how hath one heat?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:11Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?