Ecclesiastes 4:10 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁰ For if they fall, one will lift up the other, but woe to one who is alone and falls and does not have another to help.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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 up.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ For 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁰ If either should fall, one can pick up the other. But how miserable are those who fall and don’t have a companion to help them up!

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ If one falls, he shall be supported by the other. Woe to one who is alone. For when he falls, he has no one to lift him up.

Ecclesiastes 4:10 Cross References

1 Thessalonians 5:11

Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing.

1 Thessalonians 4:18

Therefore encourage one another with these words.

Galatians 6:1

My brothers and sisters, if anyone is detected in a transgression, you who have received the Spirit should restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness. Take care that you yourselves are not tempted.

1 Samuel 23:16

Saul’s son Jonathan set out and came to David at Horesh; there he strengthened his hand through the Lord.

Genesis 4:8

Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.

2 Samuel 14:6

Your servant had two sons, and they fought with one another in the field; there was no one to part them, and one struck the other and killed him.

2 Samuel 11:27

When the mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord,

Exodus 32:21

Moses said to Aaron, “What did this people do to you that you have brought so great a sin upon them?”

Ecclesiastes 4:9

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

Ecclesiastes 4:11

Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone?