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Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ecclesiastes 4:10-12

Ecclesiastes 4:10-12 . For, if they fall If one or more of them fall in any way; as into any mistakes, and errors, or sins, dangers, or distresses. The one will lift up his fellow Will hold him up, if he be falling, or raise him up, if he be fallen. If two lie together, then they have heat They will be sooner warm in a cold bed and a cold season. So virtuous and gracious affections are excited by good society; and Christians warm one another, by provoking one another to love and good... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 4:4-16

The uselessness of achievement (4:4-16)Several examples illustrate how useless much human activity is. Some people drive themselves in their work but can never relax and enjoy it, because they are always worrying about being ahead of everyone else. Others do not work at all and so ruin themselves. Both extremes should be avoided. People should work for a living and enjoy it, but they should not be so ambitious that they create trouble for themselves (4-6).Other unhappy people are those who... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ecclesiastes 4:8

child = son. labour = toil. my soul = myself. travail = fatigue from toil. See note on Ecclesiastes 2:23 , Ecclesiastes 2:26 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ecclesiastes 4:12

prevail against = overpower. Hebrew. takaph, supposed to belong to later Hebrew, but it is found in Job 14:20 with Job 15:24 (the only three occurrences). See App-76 . a threefold cord. Compare Numbers 6:24-26 . Micah 6:8 . Titus 2:12 , Titus 2:13 ; 1 Thessalonians 1:3 with 1 Thessalonians 1:9 , 1 Thessalonians 1:10 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ecclesiastes 4:7

"Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun. There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, saith he, do I labor and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail. Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 4:8

Ecclesiastes 4:8. There is one alone, and there is not a second— Here is a man who hath no second, neither son nor brother; yet he puts no end to his labour: neither, &c. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 4:9

Ecclesiastes 4:9. Because they have a good reward— Because they have a better reward for their common labour. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 4:12

Ecclesiastes 4:12. And if one prevail against him, &c.— And though one should be strong, the two will make a stand against him; for a three-stringed cord shall not quickly be broken. Desvoeux. Houbigant renders it, But if one should be circumvented, and they two be present [to assist him] then the three-fold cord will not easily be broken. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ecclesiastes 4:8

8. not a second—no partner. child—"son or brother," put for any heir ( :-). eye— ( :-). The miser would not be able to give an account of his infatuation. read more

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