Ecclesiastes 1:15 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.”
Ecclesiastes 1:15 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 1:15 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 1:15 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“That which is crooked can’t be made straight; and that which is lacking can’t be counted.”
Ecclesiastes 1:15 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 1:15 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.”
Ecclesiastes 1:15 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 1:15 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“A crooked thing <FI>one<Fi> is not able to make straight, and a lacking thing is not able to be numbered.”
Ecclesiastes 1:15 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 1:15 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.”
Ecclesiastes 1:15 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 1:15 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“That which is crooked, can none make straight: and that which faileth, cannot be nombred.”
Ecclesiastes 1:15 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 1:15 in Context — Ecclesiastes 1
13 And 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.
14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
16 I 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.
17 And 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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What Does Ecclesiastes 1:15 Mean?
Ecclesiastes 1:15 is a verse from the Book of Ecclesiastes, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Ecclesiastes chapter 1. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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