Ecclesiastes 7:13 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?”

Ecclesiastes 7:13 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Ecclesiastes 7:13 in 6 Bible Translations

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Ecclesiastes 7:13 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight which he has made crooked?”

Ecclesiastes 7:13 — World English Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:13 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked? ”

Ecclesiastes 7:13 — American Standard Version

Ecclesiastes 7:13 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“See the work of God, For who is able to make straight that which He made crooked?”

Ecclesiastes 7:13 — Young's Literal Translation

Ecclesiastes 7:13 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Consider the work ofGod; for who can make straight what he hath made crooked?”

Ecclesiastes 7:13 — Darby Translation

Ecclesiastes 7:13 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Wisedome is good with an inheritance, and excellent to them that see the sunne.”

Ecclesiastes 7:13 — Geneva Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:13 in Context — Ecclesiastes 7

11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.

12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.

13 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?

14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.

15 All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.

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What Does Ecclesiastes 7:13 Mean?

Ecclesiastes 7:13 is a verse from the Book of Ecclesiastes, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Ecclesiastes chapter 7. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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