Ecclesiastes 4:11
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And if two lie together, they shall warm one another: how shall one alone be warmed?

1 Kings 1:1,2 Now king David was old, and advanced in years: and when he was covered with clothes he was not warm. . . .

Context
The Evil of Oppression
10If one fall he shall be supported by the other: woe to him that is alone, for when he falleth, he hath none to lift him up. 11And if two lie together, they shall warm one another: how shall one alone be warmed?12And if a man prevail against one, two shall withstand him: a threefold cord is not easily broken.…
Cross References
1 Kings 1:1
Now king David was old, and advanced in years: and when he was covered with clothes he was not warm.

Ecclesiastes 4:10
If one fall he shall be supported by the other: woe to him that is alone, for when he falleth, he hath none to lift him up.

Ecclesiastes 4:12
And if a man prevail against one, two shall withstand him: a threefold cord is not easily broken.

Lexicon
Again,
גַּ֛ם (gam)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

if
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

two
שְׁנַ֖יִם (šə·na·yim)
Number - md
Strong's Hebrew 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

lie down together,
יִשְׁכְּב֥וּ (yiš·kə·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7901: To lie down

they will keep warm;
וְחַ֣ם (wə·ḥam)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2552: To be or become warm

but how
אֵ֥יךְ (’êḵ)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 349: How?, how!, where

can one
וּלְאֶחָ֖ד (ū·lə·’e·ḥāḏ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first

keep warm {alone}?
יֵחָֽם׃ (yê·ḥām)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3179: To be hot, to conceive


Additional Translations
Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone?Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?

Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one be warm alone ?

Also if two should lie together, they also get heat: but how shall one be warmed alone?

Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one alone be warm?

Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth: but how can one be warm alone?

Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?

Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one keep warm alone?

Also, if two lie down, then they have heat, but how hath one heat?
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