Pengkhotbah 4:12

4:12 Although an assailant may overpower ¹  one person,

two can withstand him.

Moreover, a three-stranded cord is not quickly broken.

[4:12]  ¹ tn The verbal root תקף means “to overpower; to prevail over” e.g., Job 14:20; 15:24; Eccl 4:12; 6:10 (HALOT 1786 s.v. תקף).