Font Size
Ecclesiastes 4:12
The Message
Ecclesiastes 4:12
The Message
12 By yourself you’re unprotected.
With a friend you can face the worst.
Can you round up a third?
A three-stranded rope isn’t easily snapped.
* * *
Read full chapter
Ecclesiastes 4:12
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 4:12
New International Version
12 Though one may be overpowered,
two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
The Message (MSG)
Copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson
New International Version (NIV) 
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.