Ecclesiastes 4:9
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Context
This verse from Ecclesiastes Chapter 4 connects to 10 cross-references. Qohelet observes oppression — the tears of the oppressed without a comforter — and declares the dead better off than the living. He meditates on the rivalry that motivates toil, the loneliness of those with no companion, and the vulnerability …
Other Translations
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.
The two <FI>are<Fi> better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour.
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their work.
Cross References
Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
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But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God.
And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took …
As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work …
And the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of …
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an …