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Ecclesiastes 1:15

What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.

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ASV

That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

KJV

That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

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8 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
מְעֻוָּ֖תme.'u.Vat[something] bentH5791 →
לֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
יוּכַ֣לyu.Khalit is ableH3201 →
לִתְקֹ֑ןlit.Konto become straightH8626 →
וְחֶסְר֖וֹןve.ches.Ronand something missingH2642 →
לֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
יוּכַ֥לyu.Khalit is ableH3201 →
לְהִמָּנֽוֹת׃le.hi.ma.Notto be numberedH4487 →

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Ecclesiastes 7:13Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what He has bent?Ecclesiastes 7:12–13For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.Matthew 6:27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?Job 23:13But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.Ecclesiastes 3:14I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God does it so that they should fear Him.Isaiah 40:4Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain.Job 34:29But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,Lamentations 3:37Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?Job 11:6and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves.Daniel 4:35All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”Isaiah 42:16I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.

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About Ecclesiastes

King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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