Ecclesiastes 4:12

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

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

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

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

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

Bible in Basic English ☆

And two attacked by one would be safe, and three cords twisted together are not quickly broken.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And if one should prevail against him, the two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord shall not be quickly broken.

Darby Translation ☆

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

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

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

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

And if one ouercome him, two shall stand against him: and a threefolde coard is not easily broken.

Noyes Bible ☆

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

Leeser Tanakh ☆

And if a man could overpower him, the single one, two would stand up against him: and a threefold cord cannot quickly be torn asunder.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

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

King James Version ☆

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

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

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

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

And if one should prevail against him, the two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord shall not be quickly broken.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

And if one should prevail against him, the two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord shall not be quickly broken.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

Webster Bible ☆

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

Revised Version ☆

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

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And if one should prevail against him, The two shall withstand him; And a threefold cord shall not be 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.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

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

World English Bible British Edition ☆

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

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

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

World English Bible Classic ☆

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

World English Bible Updated ☆

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

World Messianic Bible ☆

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

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

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.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

Though echad may be overpowered, shnayim shall withstand him; and a khoot hameshulash (threefold cord) is not quickly broken.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

وَإِنْ غَلَبَ أَحَدٌ عَلَى ٱلْوَاحِدِ يَقِفُ مُقَابَلَهُ ٱلِٱثْنَانِ، وَٱلْخَيْطُ ٱلْمَثْلُوثُ لَا يَنْقَطِعُ سَرِيعًا.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

လူတယောက်သည် တယောက်ကိုနိုင်လျှင် ထိုလူကိုနှစ်ယောက် ဆီးတားနိုင်၏။ သုံးလွန်းတင်သော ကြိုးသည်လည်း အလွယ်တကူမပြတ်တတ်။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

လူတယောက် သည် တယောက်ကိုနိုင် လျှင် ထို လူကိုနှစ် ယောက် ဆီးတား နိုင်၏။ သုံး လွန်းတင်သော ကြိုး သည်လည်း အလွယ် တကူမ ပြတ် တတ်။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Kalah kami mah maeto han hmaang naah nihnik loe angbomh hoi tih; aqui thumto ah zet ih qui loe apet han rai.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Anih te khat khat loh khulae mai cakhaw a taengah ah panit la pai rhoi thai. Rhuihet pathum a yaep tah a yoei la a pat moenih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Anih te khat khat loh khulae mai cakhaw a taengah ah panit la pai rhoi thai. Rhuihet pathum a yaep tah a yoei la a pat moenih.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

有人攻胜孤身一人，若有二人便能敌挡他；三股合成的绳子不容易折断。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

有人攻勝孤身一人，若有二人便能敵擋他；三股合成的繩子不容易折斷。

World Chinese Bible ☆

如果有人能胜过孤单一人，两个人就能抵挡他；三股合成的绳子不容易折断。

Croatian Bible ☆

I ako tko udari na jednoga, dvojica će mu se oprijeti; i trostruko se uže ne kida brzo.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Ovšem, jestliže by se kdo jednoho zmocniti chtěl, dva postaví se proti němu; ano trojnásobní provázek nesnadně se přetrhne.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Og når nogen kan overvælde den ensomme, så kan to stå sig imod ham; tretvundet Snor brister ikke i Hast.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

En indien iemand den een mocht overweldigen, zo zullen de twee tegen hem bestaan; en een drievoudig snoer wordt niet haast gebroken.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

En wanneer men den één overvalt, Bieden zij samen weerstand: Een drievoudig snoer breekt niet licht.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Kaj se iu montros sin pli forta kontraŭ unu, tiam ambaŭ kontraŭstaros lin; eĉ fadeno triopigita ne baldaŭ disŝiriĝos.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Et si quelqu’un a le dessus sur un seul, les deux lui tiendront tête ; et la corde triple ne se rompt pas vite.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Et si quelqu'un est plus fort qu'un seul, les deux lui pourront résister; et la corde à trois cordons ne se rompt pas si tôt.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Et si quelqu’un est plus fort qu’un seul, les deux peuvent lui résister; et la corde à trois fils ne se rompt pas facilement.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Si quelqu'un maîtrise un homme seul, deux peuvent lui résister ; et la corde à trois fils ne se rompt pas facilement.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Und wenn jemand den einzelnen gewalttätig angreift, so werden ihm die zwei widerstehen; und eine dreifache Schnur zerreißt nicht so bald.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Einer mag überwältigt werden, aber zwei mögen widerstehen; und eine dreifältige Schnur reißt nicht leicht entzwei.

German Textbibel ☆

Und wenn einer den einzelnen überwältigt, so werden ihrer zwei ihm gegenüber standhalten, vollends eine dreifache Schnur ist nicht so bald zu zerreißen.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Und wenn man den einen angreift, so können die beiden Widerstand leisten; und eine dreifache Schnur wird nicht so bald zerrissen.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

καὶ ἐὰν ἐπικραταιωθῇ ὁ εἷς, οἱ δύο στήσονται κατέναντι αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὸ σπαρτίον τὸ ἔντριτον οὐ ταχέως ἀπορραγήσεται.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Καὶ ἐὰν ἐπικραταιωθῇ ὁ εἷς, οἱ δύο στήσονται κατέναντι αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὸ σπαρτίον τὸ ἔντριτον οὐ ταχέως ἀποῤῥαγήσεται.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Kote dezòm ka kenbe tèt ak yon moun k'ap atake yo, yon sèl p'ap kapab. Yon kòd trese an twa pa fasil pou kase.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Ina e hana eha ia mai kekahi, e hiki no i na mea elua ke lanakila maluna o ia mea, a o ke kaula kaakolu, aole ia e moku koke.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

וְאִֽם־יִתְקְפֹו֙ הָאֶחָ֔ד הַשְּׁנַ֖יִם יַעַמְד֣וּ נֶגְדֹּ֑ו וְהַחוּט֙ הַֽמְשֻׁלָּ֔שׁ לֹ֥א בִמְהֵרָ֖ה יִנָּתֵֽק׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

ואם יתקפו האחד השנים יעמדו נגדו והחוט המשלש לא במהרה ינתק׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

E se alcuno fa forza all'uno, i due gli resisteranno; anche il cordone a tre fili non si rompe prestamente.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

E se uno tenta di sopraffare colui ch’è solo, due gli terranno testa; una corda a tre capi non si rompe così presto.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

一人を打ち負かす者がいても、二人ならその者に立ち向かうことができる。三つ撚りの綱は、簡単には切れない。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

한 사람이면 패하겠거니와 두 사람이면 능히 당하나니 삼겹 줄은 쉽게 끊어지지 아니하느니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Mwet se ku in lain mwet se na ac kutangla, tuh el tia ku in kutangla kuiyen mwet luo. Soko sucl ma pipla ke koa tolkwe ac upa in wotla.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Et si quispiam prævaluerit contra unum, duo resistunt ei; funiculus triplex difficile rumpitur.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

و اگر کسی بر یکی از ایشان حمله آورد، هر دو با او مقاومت خواهند نمود. وریسمان سه لا بزودی گسیخته نمی شود.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Se alguém prevalecer contra um que está sozinho, dois resistirão a ele; e um cordão de três dobras não se rompe facilmente.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

E se alguém prevalecer contra um, dois podem resistir contra ele; porque o cordão de três dobras não se rompe tão depressa.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Și dacă cineva îl învinge pe unul, doi i se vor împotrivi; și o frânghie împletită în trei nu se rupe repede.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ши дакэ се скоалэ чинева асупра унуя, дой пот сэ-й стя ымпотривэ; ши фуния ымплетитэ ын трей ну се рупе ушор.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

И если станет преодолевать кто-либо одного, то двое устоят против него: и нитка, втрое скрученная, нескоро порвется.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

I ako bi ko nadjačao jednog, dvojica će mu odoleti; i trostruka vrpca ne kida se lako.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

И ако би ко надјачао једног, двојица ће му одолети; и трострука врпца не кида се лако.

Mashi Bible ☆

Akahumba kanakubwe, ababirhi basêre, n’olukoba lwa migozi isharhu lurhatwîka duba.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Y si alguno prevaleciere contra el uno, dos estarán contra él; y cordón de tres dobleces no presto se rompe.

Spanish BLL ☆

Uno solo puede ser vencido, pero dos pueden resistir. ¡La cuerda de tres hilos no se rompe fácilmente!

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Y si alguno prevaleciere contra uno, dos le resistirán; y cordón de tres dobleces no se rompe pronto.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Y dos atacados por uno estarían a salvo, y tres cuerdas torcidas juntas no se rompen rápidamente.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Si un hombre prevalece contra uno, dos lo resistirán. Cuerda de tres hebras no se rompe pronto.

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Revised West Version ☆

Pea kapau ʻe mālohi ha tokotaha ki he tokotaha, ka ʻe faʻa ikuʻi ia ʻe he toko ua; pea ko e afo tuʻo tolu ʻoku motungataʻa ia.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

І коли хто подужає одного, то удвох встоять проти його. Троіста нитка не так хутко рветься.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

І коли хто подужає одного, то удвох встоять проти його. Троіста нитка не так хутко рветься.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Lại nếu kẻ ở một mình bị người khác thắng, thì hai người có thế chống cự nó; một sợi dây đánh ba tao lấy làm khó đứt.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

וְאִֽם־יִתְקְפוֹ֙ הָאֶחָ֔ד הַשְּׁנַ֖יִם יַעַמְד֣וּ נֶגְדּ֑וֹ וְהַחוּט֙ הַֽמְשֻׁלָּ֔שׁ לֹ֥א בִמְהֵרָ֖ה יִנָּתֵֽק׃