Ecclesiastes 4:9

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Ecclesiastes 4:9


← Ecclesiastes 4:8 Ecclesiastes 4:9 (KJV) Ecclesiastes 4:10 →
There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
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 another to help him up.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

TwoH8147 are betterH2896 than oneH259; because they haveH3426 a goodH2896 rewardH7939 for their labourH5999.


Original Hebrew

טֹובִים הַשְּׁנַיִם מִן־הָאֶחָד אֲשֶׁר יֵשׁ־לָהֶם שָׂכָר טֹוב בַּעֲמָלָם׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
טוֹבִ֥ים
to.Vim H2896 HAampa (are) good
הַ/שְּׁנַ֖יִם
ha./she.Na.yim H8147 HTd/Acmda (the)/ two (people)
מִן
min- H4480 HR more than
הָ/אֶחָ֑ד
ha./'e.Chad H259 HTd/Acmsa (the)/ one
אֲשֶׁ֧ר
'a.Sher H834 HTr that
יֵשׁ
yesh- H3426 HTm there
לָ/הֶ֛ם
la./Hem HR/Sp3mp for (the)/ them
שָׂכָ֥ר
sa.Khar H7939 HNcmsa (is) a reward
ט֖וֹב
Tov H2896 HAamsa good
בַּ/עֲמָלָֽ/ם
ba./'a.ma.La/m H5999 HR/Ncbsc/Sp3mp for/ toil/ their
Strong's References
  • H259 — אֶחָד (ʼechâd, ekh-awd'): a numeral from אָחַד (ʼâchad) H258; properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first; a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
  • H2896 — טוֹב (ṭôwb, tobe): from טוֹב (ṭôwb) H2895; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well); beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, [idiom] fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, [idiom] most, pleasant, [phrase] pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured).
  • H3426 — יֵשׁ (yêsh, yaysh): perhaps from an unused root meaning to stand out, or exist; entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb (הָיָה (hâyâh) H1961); there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection); (there) are, (he, it, shall, there, there may, there shall, there should) be, thou do, had, hast, (which) hath, (I, shalt, that) have, (he, it, there) is, substance, it (there) was, (there) were, ye will, thou wilt, wouldest.
  • H5999 — עָמָל (ʻâmâl, aw-mawl'): from עָמַל (ʻâmal) H5998; toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind; grievance(-vousness), iniquity, labour, mischief, miserable(-sery), pain(-ful), perverseness, sorrow, toil, travail, trouble, wearisome, wickedness.
  • H7939 — שָׂכָר (sâkâr, saw-kawr'): from שָׂכַר (sâkar) H7936; payment of contract; concretely, salary, fare, maintenance; by implication, compensation, benefit; hire, price, reward(-ed), wages, worth.
  • H8147 — שְׁנַיִם (shᵉnayim, shen-ah'-yim): dual of שֵׁנִי (shênîy) H8145; feminine שְׁתַּיִם (shᵉttayim); two; also (as ordinal) twofold; both, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
  • H4480 — מִן (min, min): or מִנִּי (minnîy); or מִנֵּי (minnêy); (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for מֵן (mên) H4482; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses; above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.
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