Ecclesiastes 4:9 (BSB)

Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.

From Ecclesiastes 4. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Ecclesiastes 4:9

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Ecclesiastes 4:7-12: Here Solomon fastens upon another instance of the vanity of this world, that frequently the more men have of it the more they would have; and on this they are so intent that they have no enjoyment of what they have. Now Solomon here shows, I.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Ecclesiastes 4:9: Two are better than one,.... The wise man takes occasion, from the solitariness Of the covetous man before described, to show in this and some following verses the preferableness and advantages of social life; which, as it holds true in things natural and civil, so in things spiritual and religious; man is a sociable creature, was made to be so; and it was the judgment...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Ecclesiastes 4:9: Two--opposed to "one" (Ecc 4:8). Ties of union, marriage, friendship, religious communion, are better than the selfish solitariness of the miser (Gen 2:18). reward--Advantage accrues from their efforts being conjoined. The Talmud says, "A man without a companion is like a left hand without the right.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Ecclesiastes 4:9: Two [are] better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. (f) As when man is alone, he can neither help himself nor others, he shows that men should live in mutual society to the intent that they may be profitable one to another, and that their things may increase.