Ecclesiastes 7:13
Consider the work of God; for who can make that straight, which He hath made crooked?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
In Context
Cross References
Job 11:10If He pass by, and shut up, or gather in, then who can hinder Him?
Job 34:29When He giveth quietness, who then can condemn? And when He hideth His face, who then can behold Him? whether it be done unto a nation, or unto a man, alike;
Psalms 8:3(8-4) When I behold Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which Thou hast established;
Ecclesiastes 1:15That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
Isaiah 5:12And the harp and the psaltery, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are in their feasts; but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither have they considered the operation of His hands.
Isaiah 43:13Yea, since the day was I am He, and there is none that can deliver out of My hand; I will work, and who can reverse it?
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 7:12-23
The Advantages of Wisdom. 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.… Read the whole commentary →