Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one be warm alone?
WEB
Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone?
YLT
Also, if two lie down, then they have heat, but how hath one heat?
DBT
Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one alone be warm?
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''
- Author
- Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
- Date
- Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).