Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Consider the work of God,
For who is able to straighten what He has bent?

King James Version

Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?

Holman Bible

Consider the work of God,
for who can straighten out
what He has made crooked?

International Standard Version

Consider the work of God: Who is able to straighten what he has bent?

A Conservative Version

Consider the work of God. For who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?

American Standard Version

Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?

Amplified


Consider the work of God:
Who can make straight what He has bent?

Bible in Basic English

Give thought to the work of God. Who will make straight what he has made bent?

Darby Translation

Consider the work of God; for who can make straight what he hath made crooked?

Julia Smith Translation

See the work of God: for who shall be able to make straight what he made it crooked?

King James 2000

Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?

Lexham Expanded Bible

Consider the work of God. For who is able to make straight what he made crooked?

Modern King James verseion

Consider the work of God; for who can make straight what He has made crooked?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Consider the work of God, how that no man can make the thing straight, which he maketh crooked.

NET Bible

Consider the work of God: For who can make straight what he has bent?

New Heart English Bible

Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?

The Emphasized Bible

Consider the work of God, - for who can straighten what he hath bent?

Webster

Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?

World English Bible

Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?

Youngs Literal Translation

See the work of God, For who is able to make straight that which He made crooked?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

the work
מעשׂה 
Ma`aseh 
Usage: 234

of God
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

יכול יכל 
Yakol 
Usage: 194

תּקן 
Taqan 
Usage: 3

References

Context Readings

Humans Must Accept God's Will And Make The Best Of It

12 For knowledge is a defence, and money is a defence; but wisdom excels in that it gives life to those that have it. 13 Consider the work of God,
For who is able to straighten what He has bent?
14 In the day of good enjoy that which is good, but in the day of adversity open your eyes and learn: God also has made the one (the day of adversity) before the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.



Cross References

Ecclesiastes 1:15

That which is crooked cannot be made straight, and that which is lacking cannot be numbered.

Job 12:14

Behold, he shall break down, and it shall not be built again; he shall shut up a man, and no one shall be able to open unto him.

Isaiah 14:27

For the LORD of the hosts has purposed, and who shall disannul it? His hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

Job 9:12

Behold, he shall take away, who can cause him to restore? Who shall say unto him, What doest thou?

Job 11:10

If he cuts off, or shuts up, or gathers together, then who can hinder him?

Job 34:29

When he gives rest, who then can make trouble? If he hides his face, who then can behold him? This applies to a nation and the same to a man,

Job 37:14

Hearken unto this, Job; stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.

Psalm 8:3

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

Psalm 107:43

Who is wise and will observe these things and shall understand the mercies of the LORD?

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He has made every thing beautiful in his time: even the world he has given over to their will, in such a way that no man can attain to this work that God makes from the beginning to the end.

Isaiah 5:12

And the harp and the viol, the tambourine and flutes and wine are in their feasts; but they do not regard the work of the LORD, nor consider the work of his hands.

Isaiah 43:13

Even before the day was I existed; and there is no one that can deliver out of my hand; if I work, who shall hinder it?

Isaiah 46:10-11

declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

Daniel 4:35

and all the inhabitants of the earth are counted as nothing; and in the army of heaven and in the inhabitants of the earth, he does according to his will; nor is there anyone who can interfere with his hand and say unto him, What doest thou?

Romans 9:15

For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.

Romans 9:19

Thou wilt say then unto me, Why does he become angry? For who shall resist his will?

Ephesians 1:11

in him in whom likewise we have obtained an inheritance, having had the way marked out beforehand according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his own will,

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