Ecclesiastes 4:11
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone?
In context
9 Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.
10 For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to help him up!
11 Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone?
12 And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
13 Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.
Ecclesiastes 4:11 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone?
- KJV King James Version
- Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
- WEB World English Bible
- Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one keep warm alone?
- ASV American Standard Version
- Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one be warm alone?
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Also, if two lie down, then they have heat, but how hath one heat?
- DBY Darby Translation
- Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one alone be warm?
- WBS Webster Bible
- Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone ?