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Ecclesiastes 7:13

Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what He has bent?

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ASV

Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?

KJV

Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?

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11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
רְאֵ֖הre.'EhconsiderH7200 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
מַעֲשֵׂ֣הma.'a.Seh[the] work ofH4639 →
הָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430 →
כִּ֣יkiforH3588 →
מִ֤יmiwho?H4310 →
יוּכַל֙yu.Khalis he ableH3201 →
לְתַקֵּ֔ןle.ta.Kento straightenH8626 →
אֵ֖ת'et<obj.>H853 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sher[that] whichH834 →
עִוְּתֽוֹ׃i.ve.Tohe has bent itH5791 →

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Ecclesiastes 1:15What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.Job 12:14What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.Ecclesiastes 9:11I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.Psalms 107:43Let him who is wise pay heed to these things and consider the loving devotion of the LORD.Isaiah 5:12At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.Ecclesiastes 3:11He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.Isaiah 14:27The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?Romans 9:15For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”Ephesians 1:11In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,Luke 12:26So if you cannot do such a small thing, why do you worry about the rest?Isaiah 46:10–11I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’Job 37:14Listen to this, O Job; stand still and consider the wonders of God.Isaiah 43:13Even from eternity I am He, and none can deliver out of My hand. When I act, who can reverse it?”Romans 9:19One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?”Job 11:10If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him?Psalms 8:3When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—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,Job 9:12If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’

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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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