Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
what is lacking cannot be counted.
New American Standard Bible
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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.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 1:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Qohelet Introduces His Quest
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.
what is lacking cannot be counted.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 3:14
I know that all God does will last forever; there is no adding to it or taking from it.
Ecclesiastes 7:12-13
and the advantage of knowledge
is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.
Job 11:6
for true wisdom has two sides.
Know then that God has chosen to overlook some of your sin.
Job 34:29
When He hides His face, who can see Him?
Yet He watches over both individuals and nations,
Isaiah 40:4
and every mountain and hill will be leveled;
the uneven ground will become smooth
and the rough places, a plain.
Lamentations 3:37
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unless the Lord has ordained it?
Daniel 4:35
and He does what He wants
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