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? Aramaic Bible in Plain English And if two will lie down they will get warm, and how will one be warm alone? Brenton Septuagint Translation Also if two should lie together, they also get heat: but how shall one be warmed alone? Contemporary English Version If you sleep alone, you won't have anyone to keep you warm on a cold night. Douay-Rheims Bible And if two lie together, they shall warm one another: how shall one alone be warmed? 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? JPS Tanakh 1917 Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one be warm alone? Literal Standard Version Also, if two lie down, then they have heat, but how has one heat? Majority Standard Bible Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone? New American Bible So also, if two sleep together, they keep each other warm. How can one alone keep warm? NET Bible Furthermore, if two lie down together, they can keep each other warm, but how can one person keep warm by himself? New Revised Standard Version Again, if two lie together, they keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone? 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? Young's Literal Translation Also, if two lie down, then they have heat, but how hath one heat? 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 1 Kings 1:1 Now King David was old and well along in years, and though they covered him with blankets, he could not keep warm. Ecclesiastes 4:10 For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to help him up! Ecclesiastes 4:12 And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken. 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 (11) They have heat.--The nights in Palestine were often very cold, and it would seem (Exodus 22:26) that it was common to sleep without any cover but the ordinary day garment; though see Isaiah 28:20.Verse 11. - The first example of the advantage of companionship spoke of the aid and support that are thus given; the present verse tells of the comfort thus brought. If two lie together, then they have heat. The winter nights in Palestine are comparatively cold, and when, as in the case of the poorer inhabitants, the outer garment worn by day was used as the only blanket during sleep (Exodus 22:26, 27), it was a comfort to have the additional warmth of a friend lying under the same coverlet. Solomon could have had no such experience. 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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