Ecclesiastes 4:12

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

And if one {H259} prevail {H8630} against him, two {H8147} shall withstand {H5975} him; and a threefold {H8027} cord {H2339} is not quickly {H4120} broken {H5423}.

Moreover, an attacker may defeat someone who is alone, but two can resist him; and a three-stranded cord is not easily broken.

And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

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Cross-References

  • Ephesians 4:3 (5 votes)

    Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

  • Daniel 3:16 (4 votes)

    Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we [are] not careful to answer thee in this matter.

  • Daniel 3:17 (4 votes)

    If it be [so], our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver [us] out of thine hand, O king.

  • 2 Samuel 23:9 (-2 votes)

    And after him [was] Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, [one] of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines [that] were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:

  • 2 Samuel 23:23 (-4 votes)

    He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the [first] three. And David set him over his guard.

  • 2 Samuel 23:18 (-4 votes)

    And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, [and] slew [them], and had the name among three.

  • 2 Samuel 23:19 (-4 votes)

    Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the [first] three.