Ecclesiastes 4:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

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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

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner.”

1 Chronicles 19:12

He said, “If the Arameans are too strong for me, then you shall help me, but if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will help you.

Proverbs 27:17

Iron sharpens iron, and one person sharpens the wits of another.

Ecclesiastes 4:10

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.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

the case of solitary individuals, without sons or brothers; yet there is no end to all their toil, and their eyes are never satisfied with riches. “For whom am I toiling,” they ask, “and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an unhappy business.

Haggai 1:14

And the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people, and they came and worked on the house of the Lord of hosts, their God,

Numbers 11:14

I am not able to carry all this people alone, for they are too heavy for me.

Mark 6:7

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

John 4:36

The reaper is already receiving wages and is gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together.

Acts 13:2

While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

2 John 1:8

Be on your guard, so that you do not lose what we have worked for but may receive a full reward.

Ruth 2:12

May the Lord reward you for your deeds, and may you have a full reward from the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge!”