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Ecclesiastes 4:10

Ecclesiastes 4:10
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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow,.... That is, if anyone of them fall, the other will lift him up, as they are travelling together, in whatsoever manner; if one falls from his horse,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Ecclesiastes 4:7-12

The spectacle of a prosperous man whose condition is rendered vain by his brotherless, childless isolation. Ecc 4:8 A second - Any one associated or connected with him. Ecc 4:9-12 Compare a saying…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Ecclesiastes 4:7-12

Here Solomon fastens upon another instance of the vanity of this world, that frequently the more men have of it the more they would have; and on this they are so intent that they have no enjoyment of…