Ecclesiastes 4:12
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Alone Apart Attacked Broken Cord Cords Defend Hastily Overpower Overpowered Prevail Prevaileth Prevails Quickly Resist Safe Stand Strands Strengthen Themselves Three Together Torn Twisted Withstand
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English Standard Version
And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

New American Standard Bible
And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart.

King James Bible
And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And if someone overpowers one person, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not easily broken.

International Standard Version
If someone attacks one of them, the two of them together will resist. Furthermore, the tri-braided cord is not soon broken.

NET Bible
Although an assailant may overpower one person, two can withstand him. Moreover, a three-stranded cord is not quickly broken.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Though one person may be overpowered by another, two people can resist one opponent. A triple-braided rope is not easily broken.

King James 2000 Bible
And if one prevails against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

American King James Version
And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

American Standard Version
And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And if a man prevail against one, two shall withstand him: a threefold cord is not easily broken.

Darby Bible Translation
And if a man overpower the one, the two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

English Revised Version
And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Webster's Bible Translation
And if one prevaileth against him, two shall withstand him; and a three-fold cord is not quickly broken.

World English Bible
If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Young's Literal Translation
And if the one strengthen himself, the two stand against him; and the threefold cord is not hastily broken.
Lexicon
And if one
'echad  (ekh-awd')
united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
prevail
taqaph  (taw-kaf')
to overpower -- prevail (against).
against him two
shnayim  (shen-ah'-yim)
two; also (as ordinal) twofold -- both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
shall withstand
`amad  (aw-mad')
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
him and a threefold
shalash  (shaw-lash')
to be (causatively, make) triplicate (by restoration, in portions, strands, days or years) -- do the third time, (divide into, stay) three (days, -fold, parts, years old).
cord
chuwt  (khoot)
a string; by implication, a measuring tape -- cord, fillet, line, thread.
is not quickly
mherah  (meh-hay-raw')
a hurry; hence (adverbially) promptly -- hastily, quickly, shortly, soon, make (with) speed(-ily), swiftly.
broken
nathaq  (naw-thak')
to tear off -- break (off), burst, draw (away), lift up, pluck (away, off), pull (out), root out.
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