Ecclesiastes 4:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. ”

Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The spectacle of a prosperous man whose condition is rendered vain by his brotherless, childless isolation. Ecclesiastes 4:8 A second - Any one associated or connected with him. Ecclesia...
Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And if one prevaileth against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold (g) cord is not quickly broken. (g) By this proverb he declares how necessary it is, that men should live in society.
Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 4. A Gloomy Survey. The chapter falls into four parts, which treat respectively of oppression ( Ecclesiastes 4:1-3 ), rivalry ( Ecclesiastes 4:4-6 ), isolation amounting to self-tortur...
Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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. Comp...
Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. If one prevail against him. One = the enemy. Rather, join "one" with "him." 'If (an enemy)...
Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Vicissitudes of Life. 'Oh, the pity of it!' 1-3. The mass of human suffering and the absence of pity are such that better off are the dead and still more the unborn. It is not only through God's...
Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

SECOND SECTION The Quest Of The Chief Good In Devotion To The Affairs Of Business Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Ecclesiastes 5:20 I. IF the true Good is not to be found in the School where Wisdom utter...
Ecclesiastes 4:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

From this general survey the preacher returned to examine the condition of the beings whom he had described as being no better than the beasts. He looked out upon them, and saw them in suffering, and...
Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. (10) For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not anothe...
Ecclesiastes 4:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him ,.... If an enemy, or a thief, or a robber, attack anyone of them, in friendship and fellowship together, and is more than a match for him; bo...
Ecclesiastes 4:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. Ver. 12. And if one prevail against him, &c. ] Vis unita fortior. God bade Gideon to go d...
Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Vanity of Human Wishes. 7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. 8 There is one alone, and there is...
Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Against him; against either of them. A threefold cord is not quickly broken; if a man have not only one, but two or more friends, he is so much the safer and the happier.
Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Chapter 4 The Dreadfulness of Oppression. Guidance on Living. This chapter begins with considering the dreadfulness of oppression and then continues with thoughts on living, giving both good and b...
Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Ecclesiastes 4:10 . If they fall.] Not both together, but if one or the other falls. Ecclesiastes 4:12 . A threefold cord.] Two cords would only suggest plurality, but three...
Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 3:1-5 A profound gloom rests on the second act or section of this drama. It teaches us that we are helpless in the iron grip of laws which we had no voice in making; that we often lie...
Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 4:2 . Wherefore I praised the dead more than the living, who are robbed, fleeced, and exposed to incessant afflictions, from oppression and war. Solomon alludes to extreme cases, such...
Ecclesiastes 4:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labour. The necessity and benefits of religious society I. Prove the truth of the wise man’s assertion, that, “two are better...
Ecclesiastes 4:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ecclesiastes 4:1-21 Section 5. Koheleth proceeds to give further illustrations of man ' s inability to be the architect of his own happiness . There are many things which inte...
Ecclesiastes 4:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Evils of Social and Civil Life
Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 3:16 ; Daniel 3:17 ; Ephesians 4:3
Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Prevail — Against either of them.

Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ecclesiastes 4:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ecclesiastes 4:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ecclesiastes 4:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 4:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ecclesiastes 4:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ecclesiastes 4:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes