Old Testament · VERSE 15

Ecclesiastes 1:15

King James Version

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

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Ecclesiastes 1:15 in context

Ecclesiastes 1:13

And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 1:15SELECTED VERSE

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

Ecclesiastes 1:16

I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.

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