Ecclesiastes 4:9 - The Scriptures 2009

⁹ Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labour.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Two are better than one, because they have a good [more satisfying] reward for their labor;

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁹ Two are better than one because they have a good return for their hard work.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Therefore, it is better for two to be together, than for one to be alone. For they have the advantage of their companionship.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ It is better therefore that two should be together, than one: for they have the advantage of their society:

Ecclesiastes 4:9 Cross References

Genesis 2:18

And יהוה Elohim said, “It is not good for the man to be alone, I am going to make a helper for him, as his counterpart.”

1 Chronicles 19:12

And he said, “If Aram is too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the children of Ammon are too strong for you, then I shall help you.

Proverbs 27:17

Iron is sharpened by iron, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

Ecclesiastes 4:10

For if they fall, one lifts his companion up. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he has no one to help him up.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one, without a second, who has neither son nor brother. And there is no end to all his labours. His eye also is not satisfied with riches. “And for whom am I toiling and depriving myself of good?” That too is futility, and an evil task.

Haggai 1:14

And יהוה stirred up the spirit of Zerubbaḇel son of She’alti’ĕl, governor of Yehuḏah, and the spirit of Yehoshua son of Yehotsaḏaq, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and worked on the House of יהוה of hosts, their Elohim,

Numbers 11:14

“I am unable to bear all these people alone, because the burden is too heavy for me.

Mark 6:7

And He called the twelve near, and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over unclean spirits.

John 4:36

“He who is reaping receives a reward, and gathers fruit for everlasting life, so that both he who is sowing and he who is reaping rejoice together.

Acts 13:2

And as they were doing service to the Master and fasted, the Set-apart Spirit said, “Separate unto Me Barnaḇa and Sha’ul for the work to which I have called them.”

2 John 1:8

See to yourselves, that we do not lose what we worked for, but that we might receive a complete reward.

Ruth 2:12

“יהוה repay your work, and your reward is complete from יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl, under whose wings you have come to seek refuge.”