(9.) =Good= (things) are =the doubles= (_i.e._ union in the abstract), =better than the single= (again, for the same reason, with the article), =because= (literally ‘which,’ the full relative, and referring back to the whole idea) =there is= (exists, ‘because there exists,’) =a reward, a good= (_i.e._ a real good; for to love one’s neighbour as one’s self is one of the real good things of this world) =in the toil of them.= 10 For if they fall, the one │ Because if one falls, then will lift up his fellow: but │ his fellow sets him up again: woe to him _that is_ alone │ but sad is it to the solitary when he falleth; for _he hath_ │ when he slips, for there is no not another to help him up. │ second to set him up. (10.) =For if they fall, the one= (singular, following plural, either one or other fall, that is) then =is caused to stand his fellow= (Judges xx. 11, Psalms xlv. 7), =and woe to him= (in _this_ form at this place only, perhaps because of the play upon the word אֵי לוֹ ‘where is he?’ an equivoke which helps the sense) =the single one which falls= (contracted relative, ‘when or as he falls,’) =and there is no second to make him stand.= 11 Again, if two lie │ Moreover, if two lie together together, then they have heat: │ they keep each other warm: but but how can one be warm │ how can one be warm alone? _alone_? │ (11.) =Moreover= (an additional instance of the advantage of companionship, taken from the passive side, as the other was from the active side of this matter), =if they lie down, two of them, and heat to them= (_i.e._ ‘there is certainly warmth for them’), =but to the single one, how can he be warmed?= 12 And if one prevail │ And where one would fail, two against him, two shall │ will prevail; and a threefold withstand him; and a threefold │ cord is not quickly broken. cord is not quickly broken. │ (12.) =And if they prevail over= (impersonal, _any_ prevail over) =the single, the doubles will stand before him= (plural, the idea is that there are two to one), =and the cord= which is =the triplex is not in haste broken= (Jeremiah viii. 16; Judges xvi. 9). 13 Better _is_ a poor and │ A Poor and Prudent young man a wise child than an old and │ is better than a Perverse old foolish king, ¹who will no │ king, who cannot be prevailed more be admonished. │ on to listen to a warning. │ ¹ _Hebrew_ who knoweth not │ to be admonished. │