Ecclesiastes 7:13
Consider [then] the work of God; for who can make straight what he hath made crooked?
Leeser Tanakh
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 surrender [one to suffering], and call together an assembly, who can hinder him?
Job 34:29When he now granteth rest, who will condemn [him]! and when he hideth his face, who can behold him? whether it be against a nation, or against one man, it is the same:
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 1:15What is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is defective cannot be numbered.
Isaiah 5:12And there are harp and psaltery, tambourine and flute, and wine at their drinking-feasts; but the deeds of the Lord they regard not, and the works of his hands they behold not.
Isaiah 43:13Yea, from the [first] day am I he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: if I will work, is there one that can hinder 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 →