Ecclesiastes 1:15

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

What is crooked is not able to be straightened, and what is lacking is not able to be counted.

Latin

Perversi difficile corriguntur, et stultorum infinitus est numerus.

Hebrew

English

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

The Teacher examines how wisdom, work, and pleasure relate to each other.

Ecclesiastes 7:12–13
For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.
Matthew 6:27
Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
Ecclesiastes 3:14
I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God does it so that they should fear Him.
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.
Job 11:6
…and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves.
Job 34:29
But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,
Lamentations 3:37
Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?
Daniel 4:35
All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”