And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, That it is manifold in effectual working! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth
Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Revised Version 1885 That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. 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. |
And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, That it is manifold in effectual working! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth
When he giveth quietness, who then can condemn? And when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? Whether it be done unto a nation, or unto a man, alike:
I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God hath done it, that men should fear before him.
I turned about, and my heart was set to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason of things, and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness:
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto his stature?