That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
KJV
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4 additional translationsASV
That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
WEB
What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.
YLT
A crooked thing one is not able to make straight, and a lacking thing is not able to be numbered.
DBT
That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''
- Author
- Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
- Date
- Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).