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Selected Verse: Ecclesiates 4:11 - New American Standard Bible©
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Ec 4:11 |
New American Standard Bible© |
Furthermore, if two lie down together they keep warm, but how can one be warm alone? |
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King James |
Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
(See on Kg1 1:1). The image is taken from man and wife, but applies universally to the warm sympathy derived from social ties. So Christian ties (Luk 24:32; Act 28:15). |
Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
"Moreover, if two lie together, then there is heat to them: but how can it be warm with one who is alone?" The marriage relation is not excluded, but it remains in the background; the author has two friends in his eye, who, lying in a cold night under one covering (Exo 22:26; Isa 28:20), cherish one another, and impart mutual warmth. Also in Aboth de-Rabbi Nathan, c. 8, the sleeping of two together is spoken of as an evidence of friendship. The vav in vehham is that of the consequent; it is wanting 10a, according to rule, in haehhad, because it commonly comes into use with the verb, seldom (e.g., Gen 22:1) with the preceding subj. |
15 And the brethren, when they heard about us, came from there as far as the Market of Appius and Three Inns to meet us; and when Paul saw them, he thanked God and took courage.
32 They said to one another, "Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road, while He was explaining the Scriptures to us?"
1 Now King David was old, advanced in age; and they covered him with clothes, but he could not keep warm.
1 Now it came about after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am."
20 The bed is too short on which to stretch out, And the blanket is too small to wrap oneself in.
26 "If you ever take your neighbor's cloak as a pledge, you are to return it to him before the sun sets,