Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Two—opposed to "one" (Ecclesiastes 4:8). Ties of union, marriage, friendship, religious communion, are better than the selfish solitariness of the miser (Genesis 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.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ecclesiastes 4:9:
Ecclesiastes 9:5
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