Ecclesiastes 1:15

HCSB

Ecclesiastes 1:15

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Holman Bible

What is crooked cannot be straightened;
what is lacking cannot be counted.

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

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

International Standard Version

What is crooked cannot be made straight; what is not there cannot be counted.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

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

Bible in Basic English

That which is bent may not be made straight, and that which is not there may not be numbered.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

The crooked thing shall not be able to be made straight: and the deficiency shall not be able to be numberd

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

Modern King James verseion

What is crooked cannot be made straight; and that lacking cannot be numbered.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The crooked cannot be made straight, and the faults cannot be numbered.

NET Bible

What is bent cannot be straightened, and what is missing cannot be supplied.

New Heart English Bible

That which is crooked can't be made straight; and that which is lacking can't be counted.

The Emphasized Bible

That which is crooked, cannot be straight, - and, that which is wanting, cannot be reckoned.

Webster

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

World English Bible

That which is crooked can't be made straight; and that which is lacking can't be counted.

Youngs Literal Translation

A crooked thing one is not able to make straight, and a lacking thing is not able to be numbered.

Themes

Instruction » From nature

Science » Observations of, and deductions from, facts

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)

Strong's

Root Form

Definition

Usage

That which is crooked

H5791

עות
`avath

pervert, crooked, bow, bow down, falsifying, overthrown, perversely, subvert

Usage: 11

cannot

H3201
H3201

יכול יכל
Yakol
יכול יכל
Yakol

could, able, cannot, prevail, may, can, canst, endure, might,
could, able, cannot, prevail, may, can, canst, endure, might,

Usage: 194
Usage: 194

be made straight

H8626

תּקן
Taqan

make straight, set in order

Usage: 3

and that which is wanting

H2642

חסרון
Checrown

that which is wanting

Usage: 1

References

Fausets

Number

Ecclesiastes, The Book of

Hastings

Ecclesiastes

Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 1:15

Verse Info

Bible Rank: 4175
Ecclesiastes Rank: 29
4 Topics
2 Themes
8 Cross References
2 Readings
Interlinear
3 References

Context Readings

¹⁴ I have seen all the things that are done under the sun and have found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind. ¹⁵ What is crooked cannot be straightened;
what is lacking cannot be counted. ¹⁶ I said to myself, “Look, I have amassed wisdom far beyond all those who were over Jerusalem before me, and my mind has thoroughly grasped wisdom and knowledge.”

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:14

I know that all God does will last forever; there is no adding to it or taking from it. God works so that people will be in awe of Him.

Ecclesiastes 7:12-13

because wisdom is protection as money is protection,
and the advantage of knowledge
is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.

Job 11:6

He would show you the secrets of wisdom,
for true wisdom has two sides.
Know then that God has chosen to overlook some of your sin.

Job 34:29

But when God is silent, who can declare Him guilty?
When He hides His face, who can see Him?
Yet He watches over both individuals and nations,

Isaiah 40:4

Every valley will be lifted up,
and every mountain and hill will be leveled;
the uneven ground will become smooth
and the rough places, a plain.

Lamentations 3:37

מ MemWho is there who speaks and it happens,
unless the Lord has ordained it?

Daniel 4:35

All the inhabitants of the earth are counted as nothing,
and He does what He wants with the army of heaven
and the inhabitants of the earth.
There is no one who can hold back His hand
or say to Him, “What have You done?”

Matthew 6:27

Can any of you add a single cubit to his height by worrying?

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