Ecclesiastes 4:11 meaning and explanation

Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone?

Ecclesiastes 4:11, Berean Standard Bible

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The speaker is the Teacher, a wisdom figure surveying life under the sun and testing what lasts. Just before this verse he has described a man who toils alone, with no son or brother (verses 7 and 8).

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