Ecclesiastes 1:15
That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
* That which is crooked, cannot be made straight: and †that which is wanting cannot be numbred.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. defect.
- *Cross-referenceCha.7.13.
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- Ecclesiastes 7:12–13Rank 1 from verse 15
12For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
13Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
12†For wisedome is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellencie of knowledge is, that wisedome giueth life to them that haue it.
13*Consider the worke of God: for who can make that straight, which hee hath made crooked?
- Matthew 6:27Rank 2 from verse 15
- Ecclesiastes 3:14Rank 3 from verse 15
14I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
14I know that whatsoeuer God doeth, it shalbe for euer: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doth it, that men should feare before him.
- Isaiah 40:4Rank 4 from verse 15
6And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
6And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisedome, that they are double to that which is: know therefore that God exacteth of thee lesse then thine iniquitie deserueth.
29When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
29When he giueth quietnesse, who then can make trouble? and when hee hideth his face, who then can beholde him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man onely:
- Lamentations 3:37Rank 7 from verse 15
- Daniel 4:35Rank 8 from verse 15
35And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
35*And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and hee doth according to his will in the armie of heauen, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say vnto him, What doest thou?
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Ecclesiastes 1:15
1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
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1. Bent, winding, or not straight. 2. Figuratively, morally perverse or turned aside from what is right.
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Is unable to; is not able to.
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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
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1. Direct and not crooked, or proceeding without turning aside. 2. Upright, right, or made right.
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Absent; deficient.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Counted, reckoned, enrolled, listed, included in a company or class, or measured as to number or extent.
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14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
14I haue seene all the workes that are done vnder the Sunne, and behold, all is vanitie, and vexation of spirit.
15That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
15* That which is crooked, cannot be made straight: and †that which is wanting cannot be numbred.
Selected passage16I 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.
16I communed with mine owne heart, saying, Loe, I am come to great estate, and haue gotten *more wisedome then all they that haue beene before me in Ierusalem: yea my heart †had great experience of wisedome & knowledge.