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Modern King James verseion
What is crooked cannot be made straight; and that lacking cannot be numbered.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
Holman Bible
what is lacking cannot be counted.
International Standard Version
What is crooked cannot be made straight; what is not there cannot be counted.
A Conservative Version
That which is crooked cannot be made straight, and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
American Standard Version
That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
Amplified
What is crooked cannot be straightened and what is defective and lacking cannot be counted.
Bible in Basic English
That which is bent may not be made straight, and that which is not there may not be numbered.
Darby Translation
That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
Julia Smith Translation
The crooked thing shall not be able to be made straight: and the deficiency shall not be able to be numberd
King James 2000
That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is lacking cannot be numbered.
Lexham Expanded Bible
What is twisted cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The crooked cannot be made straight, and the faults cannot be numbered.
NET Bible
What is bent cannot be straightened, and what is missing cannot be supplied.
New Heart English Bible
That which is crooked can't be made straight; and that which is lacking can't be counted.
The Emphasized Bible
That which is crooked, cannot be straight, - and, that which is wanting, cannot be reckoned.
Webster
That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
World English Bible
That which is crooked can't be made straight; and that which is lacking can't be counted.
Youngs Literal Translation
A crooked thing one is not able to make straight, and a lacking thing is not able to be numbered.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 1:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Qohelet Introduces His Quest
14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 15 What is crooked cannot be made straight; and that lacking cannot be numbered. 16 I spoke within my own heart, saying, Lo, I have become great and have gathered more wisdom than all that have been before me in Jerusalem; yea, my heart has seen much of wisdom and knowledge.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 3:14
I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; and God does it so that they fear before Him.
Ecclesiastes 7:12-13
For wisdom is a defense, and money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to those who have it.
Job 11:6
and would tell you the secrets of His wisdom, that sound wisdom is manifold? Know therefore that God forgets for you some of your iniquity.
Job 34:29
And He gives quietness, who then can condemn? And when He hides His face, who can behold Him? And it may be against a nation and a man together;
Isaiah 40:4
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the crooked places shall be made level, and the rough places smooth;
Lamentations 3:37
Who is this who speaks, and it occurs, when the Lord does not command it?
Daniel 4:35
And all the people of the earth are counted as nothing; and He does according to His will in the army of heaven, and among the people of the earth. And none can strike His hand, or say to Him, What are You doing?
Matthew 6:27
Which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his stature?