Ecclesiastes 1:15

Ecclesiastes 1:15 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

15What is crooked cannot be straightened;

what is lacking cannot be counted.

15What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.

15What is crooked cannot be straightened and what is defective and lacking cannot be counted.

15What is crooked cannot be straightened,

and what is lacking cannot be counted.

15That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

15That which is crooked, can none make straight: and that which faileth, cannot be nombred.

15That which is crooked can’t be made straight; and that which is lacking can’t be counted.

15People can’t straighten things that are crooked.

They can’t count things that don’t even exist.

15If someone has bent something,

you cannot always make it straight again.

You cannot count things,

if they are not there.

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