Ecclesiastes 1:15

WEB

¹⁵That which is crooked can’t be made straight; and that which is lacking can’t be counted.

KJV

¹⁵That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

BSB

¹⁵What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.

FBV

¹⁵^[+] You can't straighten what is twisted, and you can't count what isn't there.

Extra References

Ecclesiastes 7:12-13

¹²For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

¹³Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight which he has made crooked?

Ecclesiastes 3:14

¹⁴I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; and God has done it, that men should fear before him.

Matthew 6:27

²⁷“Which of you by being anxious, can add one moment^[+] to his lifespan?

Isaiah 40:4

⁴Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low. The uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain.

Lamentations 3:37

³⁷Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn’t command it?

Job 34:29

²⁹When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? He is over a nation or a man alike,

Job 11:6

⁶that he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For true wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.

³⁵All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and no one can stop his hand, or ask him, “What are you doing?”