Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Ecclesiastes 4:9
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible. Browse this work.
Read Ecclesiastes 4. Compare commentaries on this chapter.
Source and publication rights
Public domain. Public Domain. Source edition.
Berean Blue opens December 1, 2026. Explore this passage in the app preview.
Ecclesiastes4:9
9. Two--opposed to "one" (Ec 4:8). Ties of union, marriage, friendship, religious communion, are better than the selfish solitariness of the miser (Ge 2:18).
reward--Advantage accrues from their efforts being conjoined. The Talmud says, "A man without a companion is like a left hand without the right.
Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, Ecclesiastes 4:9. Public domain.
Permanent link. Source edition.