Ecclesiastes 1:15

מְעֻוָּת לֹא ־ יוּכַל לִתְקֹן וְחֶסְרוֹן לֹא ־ יוּכַל לְהִמָּנֽוֹת ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

In Context

14רָאִיתִי אֶת ־ כָּל ־ הַֽמַּעֲשִׂים שֶֽׁנַּעֲשׂוּ תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ וְהִנֵּה הַכֹּל הֶבֶל וּרְעוּת רֽוּחַ ׃

16דִּבַּרְתִּי אֲנִי עִם ־ לִבִּי לֵאמֹר אֲנִי הִנֵּה הִגְדַּלְתִּי וְהוֹסַפְתִּי חָכְמָה עַל כָּל ־ אֲשֶׁר ־ הָיָה לְפָנַי עַל ־ יְרוּשָׁלִָם וְלִבִּי רָאָה הַרְבֵּה חָכְמָה וָדָֽעַת ׃

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Cross References

Job 34:29וְהוּא יַשְׁקִט ׀ וּמִי יַרְשִׁעַ וְיַסְתֵּר פָּנִים וּמִי יְשׁוּרֶנּוּ וְעַל ־ גּוֹי וְעַל ־ אָדָם יָֽחַד ׃

Ecclesiastes 7:12כִּי בְּצֵל הַֽחָכְמָה בְּצֵל הַכָּסֶף וְיִתְרוֹן דַּעַת הַֽחָכְמָה תְּחַיֶּה בְעָלֶֽיהָ ׃

Jeremiah 13:23הֲיַהֲפֹךְ כּוּשִׁי עוֹרוֹ וְנָמֵר חֲבַרְבֻּרֹתָיו גַּם ־ אַתֶּם תּוּכְלוּ לְהֵיטִיב לִמֻּדֵי הָרֵֽעַ ׃

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 1:13-18

Vanity of Human Wisdom. 12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. 14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. 16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am… Read the whole commentary →

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