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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 King James verseion
What is crooked cannot be made straight; and that lacking cannot be numbered.
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.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 1:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Qohelet Introduces His Quest
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I have seen all the works that are done under the sun. Behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
15 What is
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 3:14
I know that whatever God does it will be forever. Nothing can be added to it, nor any thing taken from it. God does it in order that men should reverence (respect) him.
Ecclesiastes 7:12-13
Wisdom is a shelter just as money is a shelter. The advantage of knowledge is that wisdom gives lift to those who have it.
Job 11:6
and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.
Job 34:29
If God decided to do nothing at all, no one could criticize him. If he hid his face (refused to assist), we would be helpless.
Isaiah 40:4
Every valley will be raised up! Every mountain and hill made low. The rough ground will become level and the rugged places a plain.
Lamentations 3:37
Who is able to say something should occur if Jehovah has not ordered it.
Daniel 4:35
All the inhabitants of the earth are considered as nothing. He does according to his will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of earth. None can stop him, or say to him: 'What do you do?'
Matthew 6:27
Can you live longer by worrying about it?