Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Ecclesiastes 4:12
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Ecclesiastes4:12
12. one--enemy.
threefold cord--proverbial for a combination of many--for example, husband, wife, and children (Pr 11:14); so Christians (Lu 10:1; Col 2:2, 19). Untwist the cord, and the separate threads are easily "broken."
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