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That which is crooked can`t be made straight; and that which is lacking can`t be counted.
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Human Wisdom is Limited
Commentators agree that this verse highlights a fundamental truth: human wisdom and effort are powerless to fix the deep-seated disorders ('what is crooked') and deficiencies ('what is wanting') in the world. As Albert Barnes notes, Solomon saw not only the world's disorder but also 'man’s impotence to rectify' it. This limitation applies to both God's providence and human affairs.
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Ecclesiastes
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He saw clearly both the disorder and incompleteness of human actions (compare the marginal reference), and also man’s impotence to rectify them.
19th Century
Anglican
Made straight. —The verb occurs only in this book (Ecclesiastes 7:13; Ecclesiastes 12:9, set in order
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
[That which is] crooked cannot be made straight By all the art and cunning, wisdom and knowledge of man, that he can atta…
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Solomon tried all things and found them vanity. He found his searches for knowledge weariness, not only to the flesh, but to the mind. The more he …
