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


In Context

12 I, a preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.

13 And I have given my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that hath been done under the heavens. It is a sad travail God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it.

14 I have seen all the works that have been done under the sun, and lo, the whole is vanity and vexation of spirit!

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

16 I — I spake with my heart, saying, 'I, lo, I have magnified and added wisdom above every one who hath been before me at Jerusalem, and my heart hath seen abundantly wisdom and knowledge.

17 And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I have known that even this is vexation of spirit;

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 Darby Bible Translation 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 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.