Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Revised Version 1885

And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And though a man might prevail against him who is alone, two will withstand him. A threefold cord is not quickly broken.

American Standard Version (1901)

And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Common English Bible

Also, one can be overpowered, but two together can put up resistance. A three-ply cord doesn’t easily snap.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And if a man can prevail against one, two may withstand him, and a threefold cord is broken with difficulty.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And if a man prevail against one, two shall withstand him: a threefold cord is not easily broken.

Ecclesiastes 4:12 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 23:16

And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.

2 Samuel 23:23

He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard.

2 Samuel 23:9

And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodai the son of an Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:

Ecclesiastes 4:11

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

Ecclesiastes 4:13

Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.

Ephesians 4:3

giving diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.