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Read Full Chapter (Ecclesiastes 1) Ecclesiastes 1:15 KJV
"That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered."
Ecclesiastes Chapter 1, Verse 15
Ecclesiastes 1:15 in Context (Verses 12–18 KJV)
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¶ I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
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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.*
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I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.*
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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.*
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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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For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.