Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? New Living Translation Likewise, two people lying close together can keep each other warm. But how can one be warm alone? English Standard Version Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? Berean Standard Bible Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone? King James Bible Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? New King James Version Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; But how can one be warm alone? New American Standard Bible Furthermore, if two lie down together they keep warm, but how can one be warm alone? NASB 1995 Furthermore, if two lie down together they keep warm, but how can one be warm alone? NASB 1977 Furthermore, if two lie down together they keep warm, but how can one be warm alone? Legacy Standard Bible Furthermore, if two lie down together they keep warm, but how can one be warm alone? Amplified Bible Again, if two lie down together, then they keep warm; but how can one be warm alone? Christian Standard Bible Also, if two lie down together, they can keep warm; but how can one person alone keep warm? Holman Christian Standard Bible Also, if two lie down together, they can keep warm; but how can one person alone keep warm? American Standard Version Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one be warm alone? Contemporary English Version If you sleep alone, you won't have anyone to keep you warm on a cold night. English Revised Version Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth: but how can one be warm alone? GOD'S WORD® Translation Again, if two people lie down together, they can keep warm, but how can one person keep warm? Good News Translation If it is cold, two can sleep together and stay warm, but how can you keep warm by yourself? International Standard Version Again, if two lie close together, they will keep warm, but how can only one stay warm? Majority Standard Bible Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone? NET Bible Furthermore, if two lie down together, they can keep each other warm, but how can one person keep warm by himself? New Heart English Bible Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one keep warm alone? Webster's Bible Translation Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? World English Bible Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one keep warm alone? Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAlso, if two lie down, then they have heat, but how has one heat? Young's Literal Translation Also, if two lie down, then they have heat, but how hath one heat? Smith's Literal Translation Also if two shall lie down, and heat to them: and to the one it shall not be warm. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd if two lie together, they shall warm one another: how shall one alone be warmed? Catholic Public Domain Version And if two are sleeping, they warm one another. How can one person alone be warmed? New American Bible So also, if two sleep together, they keep each other warm. How can one alone keep warm? New Revised Standard Version Again, if two lie together, they keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone? Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAgain, if two sleep together, they will be warm; but how can one be warm alone? Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And if two will lie down they will get warm, and how will one be warm alone? OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one be warm alone? Brenton Septuagint Translation Also if two should lie together, they also get heat: but how shall one be warmed alone? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Evil of Oppression…10For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to help him up! 11Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone? 12And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.… Cross References Genesis 2:18 The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.” 1 Thessalonians 5:11 Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing. Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. Hebrews 10:24-25 And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds. / Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching. Matthew 18:20 For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.” 1 Corinthians 12:12-14 The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ. / For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink. / For the body does not consist of one part, but of many. Romans 12:5 so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another. 1 John 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Philippians 2:1-2 Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, / then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in spirit and purpose. Colossians 3:14 And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity. Ephesians 4:2-3 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, / and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. 1 Peter 4:8-10 Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. / Show hospitality to one another without complaining. / As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another. John 15:12-13 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. / Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. Galatians 6:2 Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. Ruth 1:16-17 But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. / Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.” Treasury of Scripture Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? 1 Kings 1:1,2 Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat… Jump to Previous Alone Furthermore Heat Lie Sleeping Together Warm WarmthJump to Next Alone Furthermore Heat Lie Sleeping Together Warm WarmthEcclesiastes 4 1. vanity is increased unto men by oppression4. by envy 5. by idleness 7. by covetousness 9. by solitariness 13. by willfulness Again The use of "again" here suggests a continuation or reinforcement of a previous thought. In the context of Ecclesiastes, Solomon often revisits themes to emphasize the importance of companionship and the futility of isolation. This repetition underscores the necessity of human relationships, a theme prevalent throughout the book. if two lie down together they will keep warm but how can one keep warm alone? Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Again,גַּ֛ם (gam) Conjunction Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and if אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not two שְׁנַ֖יִם (šə·na·yim) Number - md Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number) lie down together, יִשְׁכְּב֥וּ (yiš·kə·ḇū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7901: To lie down they will keep warm; וְחַ֣ם (wə·ḥam) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2552: To be or become warm but how אֵ֥יךְ (’êḵ) Interjection Strong's 349: How?, how!, where can one וּלְאֶחָ֖ד (ū·lə·’e·ḥāḏ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Number - masculine singular Strong's 259: United, one, first keep warm {alone}? יֵחָֽם׃ (yê·ḥām) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3179: To be hot, to conceive Links Ecclesiastes 4:11 NIVEcclesiastes 4:11 NLT Ecclesiastes 4:11 ESV Ecclesiastes 4:11 NASB Ecclesiastes 4:11 KJV Ecclesiastes 4:11 BibleApps.com Ecclesiastes 4:11 Biblia Paralela Ecclesiastes 4:11 Chinese Bible Ecclesiastes 4:11 French Bible Ecclesiastes 4:11 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 4:11 Again if two lie together then they (Ecclesiast. 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