Ecclesiastes 4:10

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For if either of them falls, the one will help up his companion. But woe to the one who falls and has no one to help him up.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he has not another to help him up.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For if they fall,{H5307} the one{H259} will lift up{H6965} his fellow;{H2270} but woe{H337} to him that is alone{H259} when he falleth,{H5307} and hath not another{H8145} to lift him up.{H6965}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For if they fall{H5307}{(H8799)}, the one{H259} will lift up{H6965}{(H8686)} his fellow{H2270}: but woe{H337} to him that is alone{H259} when he falleth{H5307}{(H8799)}; for he hath not another{H8145} to help him up{H6965}{(H8687)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Yf one of them fall, his companyon helpeth him vp againe: But wo is him that is alone, for yf he fall, he hath not another to helpe him vp.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For if they fal, the one wil lift vp his felow: but wo vnto him that is alone: for he falleth, and there is not a second to lift him vp.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    But wo is him that is alone: for yf he fal, he hath not another to helpe him vp.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn't have another to lift him up.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    For if they fall, the one raiseth up his companion, but wo to the one who falleth and there is not a second to raise him up!

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to lift him up.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to lift him up.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And if one has a fall, the other will give him a hand; but unhappy is the man who is by himself, because he has no helper.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn't have another to lift him up.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    For if they fall, one will help his companion up, but pity the person who falls down and has no one to help him up.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Thess 5:11 : 11 Therefore, encourage one another and build each other up, just as you are already doing.
  • Gal 6:1 : 1 Brothers, if someone is caught in any wrongdoing, you who are spiritual should restore such a person with a gentle spirit. Watch yourself, so that you too might not be tempted.
  • 1 Thess 4:18 : 18 Therefore, encourage one another with these words.
  • Gen 4:8 : 8 Cain said to his brother Abel, 'Let’s go out to the field.' While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
  • Exod 32:2-4 : 2 Aaron said to them, "Take off the gold earrings that are on the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me." 3 So all the people took off the gold earrings that were in their ears and brought them to Aaron. 4 He took the gold from their hands, fashioned it with a tool, and made it into a molten calf. Then they said, "These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt."
  • Exod 32:21 : 21 Then Moses said to Aaron, "What did these people do to you that you led them into such a great sin?"
  • Deut 9:19-20 : 19 I was afraid of the fierce anger and wrath the LORD had directed against you, enough to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me that time also. 20 The LORD was very angry with Aaron, and he was ready to destroy him. But I prayed for Aaron at that time as well.
  • 1 Sam 23:16 : 16 Then Jonathan, Saul's son, went to David in the woods and strengthened his hand in God.
  • 2 Sam 11:27 : 27 After the mourning was over, David sent for her and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing David had done displeased the LORD.
  • 2 Sam 12:7-9 : 7 Then Nathan said to David, "You are the man! This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. 8 'I gave you your master’s house and your master’s wives into your arms. I also gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if all this had been too little, I would have given you even more. 9 Why did you despise the word of the Lord by doing what is evil in His eyes? You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own. You killed him with the sword of the Ammonites! 10 Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.' 11 This is what the Lord says: 'Look, I am going to bring disaster upon you from within your own household. I will take your wives before your very eyes and give them to someone close to you, who will sleep with them in broad daylight. 12 You did it in secret, but I will make this happen in front of all Israel and in broad daylight.' 13 Then David said to Nathan, 'I have sinned against the Lord.' Nathan replied, 'The Lord has taken away your sin; you will not die. 14 However, because by doing this you have shown utter contempt for the Lord, the son born to you will surely die.'
  • 2 Sam 14:6 : 6 Your servant had two sons. They were fighting in the field, with no one there to separate them, and one of them struck the other and killed him.
  • Job 4:3-4 : 3 Look, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened weak hands. 4 Your words have raised up those who stagger, and you have strengthened knees that were about to give way.
  • Isa 35:3-4 : 3 Strengthen the weak hands and make firm the feeble knees. 4 Say to those with fearful hearts, 'Be strong; do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with divine retribution. He will come and save you.'
  • Luke 22:31-32 : 31 Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded to sift you all like wheat. 32 But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.
  • Gal 2:11-14 : 11 But when Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. 12 For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they came, he began to draw back and separate himself, fearing those of the circumcision group. 13 And the rest of the Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy. 14 But when I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter in front of them all, 'If you, being a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?'

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