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10 For if one falls, his companion may help him up. But pity the one who falls and there is no one[a] to help him up. 11 Also if two lie together, they can keep each other warm.[b] But how can one person be warm? 12 Although an assailant may overpower one person, two may withstand him.[c] A threefold cord is not easily broken![d]

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 4:10 Literally “there is not a second”
  2. Ecclesiastes 4:11 Literally “and it will be warm for them”
  3. Ecclesiastes 4:12 Literally “And even though he will prevail against him, the one; the second, they will withstand opposite him”
  4. Ecclesiastes 4:12 Literally “will not be broken in haste”