Ecclesiastes 1:15
King James Version (KJV)
That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
In context
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 come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 1:15 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
- WEB World English Bible
- That which is crooked can’t be made straight; and that which is lacking can’t be counted.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.
- ASV American Standard Version
- That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- A crooked thing [one] is not able to make straight, and a lacking thing is not able to be numbered.
- DBY Darby Translation
- That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
- WBS Webster Bible
- That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.