Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Modern English Version

¹² And if someone might overpower another, two people can withstand him. A threefold cord is not quickly broken.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² 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)

¹² 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

¹² Also, one can be overpowered, but two together can put up resistance. A three-ply cord doesn’t easily snap.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And if a man can prevail against one, two may withstand him, and a threefold cord is broken with difficulty.

Ecclesiastes 4:12 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 23:16

The three warriors breached the Philistine camp and drew up water from the well in Bethlehem by the gate, and they brought it to David. However, he was not willing to drink it, so he poured it out as a drink offering to the Lord.

2 Samuel 23:23

He was more honored than the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. So David set him over his bodyguard.

2 Samuel 23:9

After him was Eleazar the son of Dodai the son of Ahohi. He was among the three warriors with David when they defied the Philistines who were gathered together there to fight when the men of Israel withdrew.

Ecclesiastes 4:11

Again, if two people lie together, they will keep warm; but how can one keep warm by himself?

Ecclesiastes 4:13

Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who no longer knows how to receive a warning.

Ephesians 4:3

be eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.