“If He comes by and imprisons, or convenes a court, who can prevent Him?
Ecclesiastes 7:13 - Tree of Life Version Consider the work of God, for who can straighten what He has bent? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Consider the work of God: who can make straight what He has made crooked? American Standard Version (1901) Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked? Common English Bible Consider God’s work! Who can straighten what God has made crooked? Catholic Public Domain Version For as wisdom protects, so also does money protect. But learning and wisdom have this much more: that they grant life to one who possesses them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For as wisdom is a defence, so money is a defence: but learning and wisdom excel in this, that they give life to him that possesseth them. |
“If He comes by and imprisons, or convenes a court, who can prevent Him?
If He tears down, it cannot be rebuilt; one He imprisons cannot be released.
“But if He is quiet, who can condemn Him? If He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He is over a nation and an individual alike,
If He were to snatch away, who could restrain Him? Who could say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’
Who is wise? Let him observe these things, and consider Adonai’s lovingkindness.
Out of the mouths of babies and toddlers You established power, because of Your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.
What is crooked cannot be made straight. What is missing cannot be counted.
He has made everything beautiful in its time. Moreover, He has set eternity in their heart—yet without the possibility that humankind can ever discover the work that God has done from the beginning to the end.
then I saw all the work of God. No one can comprehend the work that is done under the sun. Despite all human efforts to seek it out, no one comprehends. Even if a wise person claims to know, he cannot really comprehend.
For Adonai-Tzva’ot has purposed, so who will annul it? Since His hand is stretched out, who will turn it back?
From eternity, I am He. None can deliver from My hand. I act, and who can reverse it?”
Harp and lyre, tambourine and flute, and wine are at their banquets. They do not notice Adonai’s activity nor see the works of His hands.
So if you cannot do even something very little, why do you worry about other things?
For to Moses He says, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
You will say to me then, “Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His will?”
In Him we also were chosen, predestined according to His plan. He keeps working out all things according to the purpose of His will—