For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him [that is] alone when he falleth; for [he hath] not another to help him up.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Car, s'ils tombent, l'un relève son compagnon; mais malheur à celui qui est seul et qui tombe, sans avoir un second pour le relever!
KJV
For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him [that is] alone when he falleth; for [he hath] not another to help him up.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
one evil before Thee.'" Secondly, he is assisted by his fellow-religious to rise again, according to Eccles. 4:10 , "If one fall he shall be supported by the other: woe to him that is alone, for when he falleth he hath none to lift him up." Reply to Objection 1: The words quoted…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
affords the other either by "lifting him" up, or by "warming him," i.e. giving him spiritual heat ( Eccles. 4:10,11 ). But those who have already attained to perfection do not require this help. Reply to Objection 2: According to 1 Jn. 4:16, "He that abideth in charity abideth in…
Thomas Aquinas
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Mark
ent two by two, since charity implies more than one, as it is written, “Woe to him that is alone.” [ Eccles 4:10 ] Two persons lead the Israelites out of Egypt: two bring down the bunch of grapes from the Holy Land, that men in authority might ever join together activity and know…
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