Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version What is crooked cannot be straightened; what is lacking cannot be counted. New Living Translation What is wrong cannot be made right. What is missing cannot be recovered. English Standard Version What is crooked cannot be made straight, and what is lacking cannot be counted. Berean Standard Bible What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted. King James Bible That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. New King James Version What is crooked cannot be made straight, And what is lacking cannot be numbered. New American Standard Bible What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted. NASB 1995 What is crooked cannot be straightened and what is lacking cannot be counted. NASB 1977 What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted. Legacy Standard Bible What is bent cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted. Amplified Bible What is crooked cannot be straightened and what is defective and lacking cannot be counted. Christian Standard Bible What is crooked cannot be straightened; what is lacking cannot be counted. Holman Christian Standard Bible What is crooked cannot be straightened; what is lacking cannot be counted. American Standard Version That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. Contemporary English Version If something is crooked, it can't be made straight; if something isn't there, it can't be counted. English Revised Version That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. GOD'S WORD® Translation No one can straighten what is bent. No one can count what is not there. Good News Translation You can't straighten out what is crooked; you can't count things that aren't there. International Standard Version What is crooked cannot be made straight; what is not there cannot be counted. Majority Standard Bible What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted. NET Bible What is bent cannot be straightened, and what is missing cannot be supplied. New Heart English Bible That which is crooked can't be made straight; and that which is lacking can't be counted. Webster's Bible Translation That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. World English Bible That which is crooked can’t be made straight; and that which is lacking can’t be counted. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionA crooked thing [one] is not able to make straight, and a lacking thing is not able to be numbered. Young's Literal Translation A crooked thing one is not able to make straight, and a lacking thing is not able to be numbered. Smith's Literal Translation The crooked thing shall not be able to be made straight: and the deficiency shall not be able to be numbered. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe perverse are hard to be corrected, and the number of fools is infinite. Catholic Public Domain Version The perverse are unwilling to be corrected, and the number of the foolish is boundless. New American Bible What is crooked cannot be made straight, and you cannot count what is not there. New Revised Standard Version What is crooked cannot be made straight, and what is lacking cannot be counted. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThe chaotic cannot be made orderly; and he who is lacking knowledge cannot be supplied with it. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated The disturbed cannot be set in order and the lacking cannot be numbered. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917That which is crooked cannot be made straight; And that which is wanting cannot be numbered. Brenton Septuagint Translation That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and deficiency cannot be numbered. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context With Wisdom Comes Sorrow…14I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind. 15What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted. 16I said to myself, “Behold, I have grown and increased in wisdom beyond all those before me who were over Jerusalem, and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.”… Cross References Job 14:4 Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one! Job 11:7 Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty? Job 9:10 He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number. Job 11:8-9 They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know? / Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea. Job 26:14 Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?” Isaiah 40:4 Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain. Isaiah 40:29 He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak. Isaiah 55:8-9 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. / “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts. Jeremiah 13:23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good—you who are accustomed to doing evil. Jeremiah 10:23 I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps. Romans 8:20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope Romans 11:33 O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways! 1 Corinthians 1:25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength. 1 Corinthians 13:9-10 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, / but when the perfect comes, the partial passes away. 1 Corinthians 13:12 Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. Treasury of Scripture That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. crooked Ecclesiastes 3:14 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 doeth it, that men should fear before him. Ecclesiastes 7:12,13 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it… Job 11:6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. wanting or a defect Jump to Previous Able Bent Counted Crooked Lacking Numbered Straight Straightened Twisted WantingJump to Next Able Bent Counted Crooked Lacking Numbered Straight Straightened Twisted WantingEcclesiastes 1 1. the preacher shows that all human courses are vain4. because the creatures are restless in their courses 9. they bring forth nothing new, and all old things are forgotten 12. and because he has found it so in the studies of wisdom What is crooked The Hebrew word for "crooked" is "עָוֵּת" (avveth), which conveys a sense of moral or ethical distortion. In the context of Ecclesiastes, it reflects the inherent imperfections and injustices in the world. Historically, this term has been used to describe not just physical crookedness but also moral corruption. The Preacher, traditionally understood to be Solomon, is observing the fallen state of humanity and the world, acknowledging that there are aspects of life that are inherently flawed due to sin. This phrase invites reflection on the human condition and the limitations of human wisdom and effort in rectifying deep-seated issues. cannot be straightened and what is lacking cannot be counted Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew What is crookedמְעֻוָּ֖ת (mə·‘uw·wāṯ) Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 5791: To be bent or crooked cannot לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no be straightened, לִתְקֹ֑ן (liṯ·qōn) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 8626: To equalize, straighten, to compose and what is lacking וְחֶסְר֖וֹן (wə·ḥes·rō·wn) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2642: A thing lacking, deficiency cannot לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no be counted. לְהִמָּנֽוֹת׃ (lə·him·mā·nō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct Strong's 4487: To weigh out, to allot, constitute officially, to enumerate, enroll Links Ecclesiastes 1:15 NIVEcclesiastes 1:15 NLT Ecclesiastes 1:15 ESV Ecclesiastes 1:15 NASB Ecclesiastes 1:15 KJV Ecclesiastes 1:15 BibleApps.com Ecclesiastes 1:15 Biblia Paralela Ecclesiastes 1:15 Chinese Bible Ecclesiastes 1:15 French Bible Ecclesiastes 1:15 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 1:15 That which is crooked can't be made (Ecclesiast. 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