Ecclesiastes 1:15
“That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Ecclesiastes 1:15 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Das Krumme kann nicht gerade werden, und das Fehlende kann nicht gezählt werden.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Lo torcido no se puede enderezar; y lo falto no puede contarse.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
O que é torto não pode ser endireitado; o que está em falta não pode ser contado.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
O que está distorcido não pode ser endireitado; o que falta não pode ser contado!
📖 Ecclesiastes 1:15 in Context
13And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
15That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
16I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
17And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
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