Ecclesiastes 7:13
Consider the deeds of God: 1 Who can straighten out anything he has made crooked? 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 passes through and shuts anyone up, 1 if he calls anyone to judgment, then who can stop him? 1
Job 34:29When he stays silent, who can condemn him? 1 If he hides his face, who can perceive him? 1 He rules over nation and individual alike, 1
Psalms 8:3When I look up at your heavens, which your fingers have made, 1 the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, 1
Ecclesiastes 1:15The twisted cannot be straightened! 1 The missing cannot be counted!
Isaiah 5:12They banquet with harp, lute, tambourine, flute, and wine, 1 but they do not recognize the work of Yahweh, nor have they considered the doings of his hands. 1
Isaiah 43:13From this day on I am he, 1 and no one can rescue anyone from my hand. I act, and who can turn it back?” 1
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 →