God could tell you the secret of wisdom.\par He would tell you that\par every story has two sides.\par Job, listen to me,\par God is not punishing you\par as much as he should.\par
Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Easy To Read Version \{You can’t change these things.\} If something is crooked, you can’t say it is straight. And if something is missing, you can’t say it is there. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition What is crooked cannot be made straight, and what is defective and lacking cannot be counted. American Standard Version (1901) That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. Common English Bible What’s crooked can’t be straightened; what isn’t there can’t be counted. Catholic Public Domain Version The perverse are unwilling to be corrected, and the number of the foolish is boundless. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The perverse are hard to be corrected, and the number of fools is infinite. |
God could tell you the secret of wisdom.\par He would tell you that\par every story has two sides.\par Job, listen to me,\par God is not punishing you\par as much as he should.\par
But if God decides not to help them,\par then no person can judge God guilty.\par If God hides himself from people,\par then no person can find him.\par God is the ruler over people and nations.\par
I learned that anything God does will continue forever. People can’t add anything to the work of God. And people can’t take anything away from the work of God. God did this so people would respect him.
I studied and I tried very hard to find true wisdom. I tried to find a reason for everything. \{What did I learn?\} I learned that it is foolish to be evil, and it is crazy to act like a foolish person.
Fill every valley.\par Make every mountain and hill flat.\par Make the crooked roads straight.\par Make the rough ground smooth.\par
A black man can’t change\par the color of his skin.\par And a leopard can’t change his spots.\par In the same way, Jerusalem, you can’t change and do good.\par You always do bad things.\par
Nobody can say something\par and have it happen,\par unless the Lord orders it to happen.\par
People on earth are not truly important.\par God does what he wants\par with the powers of heaven\par and the people on earth.\par No one can stop his powerful hand!\par No one can question the things he does!\par