4:12 Although an assailant may overpower 1 one person,
two can withstand him.
Moreover, a three-stranded cord is not quickly broken.
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).