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


In Context

12 I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

13 And I applied my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the heavens: this grievous occupation hath God given to the children of men to weary themselves therewith.

14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

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 have become great and have acquired wisdom more than all they that have been before me over Jerusalem; and my heart hath seen much of wisdom and knowledge.

17 And I applied my heart to the knowledge of wisdom, and to the knowledge of madness and folly: I perceived that this also is a striving after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:15[That which is] crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:15What is twisted cannot be straightened; what is lacking cannot be counted.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:15The perverse are hard to be corrected, and the number of fools is infinite.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:15That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:15That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:15That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:15That which is crooked can't be made straight; and that which is lacking can't be counted.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:15A crooked thing one is not able to make straight, and a lacking thing is not able to be numbered.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:15That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.