Ecclesiastes 4:9
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor.
American King James Version (AKJV)
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their work.
Webster's Revision
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor.
World English Bible
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.
English Revised Version (ERV)
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Clarke's Ecclesiastes 4:9 Bible Commentary
Two are better than one - Married life is infinitely to be preferred to this kind of life, for the very reasons alleged below, and which require no explanation.
Barnes's Ecclesiastes 4:9 Bible Commentary
Compare a saying from the Talmud: "A man without companions is like the left hand without the right."
Wesley's Ecclesiastes 4:9 Bible Commentary
4:9 Two - Who live together in any kind of society. Because - Both have great benefit by such conjunction, whereby they support, encourage, and strengthen one another.