Ecclesiastes 7:13
For wisdom in its shadow is as the shadow of silver: and the excellence of the knowledge of wisdom will give life to him that has it.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
In Context
12Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and there is an advantage by it to them that see the sun.
14Behold the works of God: for who shall be able to straighten him whom God has made crooked?
Cross References
Job 11:10And if he should overthrow all things, who will say to him, What have you done?
Job 34:29And he will give quiet, and who will condemn? and he will hide his face, and who shall see him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man also:
Psalms 8:3For I will regard the heavens, the work of your fingers; the moon and stars, which you have established. 1
Ecclesiastes 1:15That which is crooked can’t be made straight: and deficiency can’t be numbered.
Isaiah 5:12For they drink wine with harp, and lute, and drums, and pipes: but they regard not the works of the Lord, and consider not the works of his hands.
Isaiah 43:13even from the beginning; and there is none that can deliver out of my hands: I will work, and who shall turn it back?
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 →