Ecclesiastes 7:13

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Considre the worke of God, how that no man can make the thinge straight, which he maketh croked.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 1:15 : 15 The croked can not be mayde straight, & the fautes ca not be nobred.
  • Job 12:14 : 14 Yf he breake downe a thinge, who can set it vp agayne? Yf he shutt a thinge, who wil open it?
  • Isa 14:27 : 27 For yf the LORDE of hoostes determe a thinge, who wyl dysanulle it? And yf he stretch forth his honde, who wil holde it in agayne?
  • Isa 46:10-11 : 10 In the begynnynge of a thinge, I shewe the ende therof: and I tel before, thinges that are not yet come to passe. With one worde is my deuyce accomplished, & fulfilleth all my pleasure. 11 I call a byrde out of the east, and all that I take in honde, out of farre countrees. As soone as I commaunde, I bringe it hither: as soone as I thinke to deuyse a thinge, I do it.
  • Rom 9:19 : 19 Thou wilt saye then vnto me: Why blameth he vs yet? For who can resiste his will?
  • Eph 1:11 : 11 euen by him, by whom also we are come to the inheritaunce we that were therto predestinate before, acordinge to ye purpose of him, which worketh all thinges after ye councell of his owne wyll,
  • Dan 4:35 : 35 in comparyson off whom, all they that dwell vpon the earth, are to be reputed as nothinge. He handleth acordinge to his will, amoge ye powers of heauen & amonge the inhabitours of the earth: and there is none that maye resiste his honde, or saye: what doest thou?
  • Rom 9:15 : 15 For he sayeth vnto Moses: I shewe mercy, to whom I shewe mercy: and haue copassion,
  • Isa 43:13 : 13 And euen he am I from the begynnynge, and there is none, that can take eny thinge out of my honde. And what I do, can no man chaunge.
  • Job 34:29 : 29 Yf he delyuer & graunte pardo, who will iudge or condemne? But yf he hyde awaye his countenaunce, who wil turne it aboute agayne, whether it be to the people or to eny man?
  • Job 37:14 : 14 Herken vnto this (o Iob) stonde still, and considre the wonderous workes of God.
  • Ps 8:3 : 3 For I considre thy heauens, euen the worke off thy fyngers: the Moone and the starres which thou hast made.
  • Ps 107:43 : 43 Who so is wyse, and pondreth these thinges well, shall vnderstonde the louynge kyndnesses of the LORDE.
  • Eccl 3:11 : 11 All this hath he ordened maruelous goodly, to euery thinge his due tyme. He hath plated ignoraunce also in the hertes of men, yt they shulde not fynde out ye grounde of his workes, which he doth from ye beginninge to ye ende.
  • Isa 5:12 : 12 In whose companies are harpes and lutes, tabrettes and pipes, and wyne. But they regarde not the worke of the LORDE, and cosidre not the operacio of his hondes.
  • Job 9:12 : 12 Yf he be haisty to take eny thinge awaye, who wil make him restore it agayne? Who wil saye vnto him: what doest thou?
  • Job 11:10 : 10 Though he turne all thinges vpsyde downe, close them in, or thrust the together, who darre check him therfore?

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  • Eccl 7:14-16
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    14 Vse well the tyme of prosperite, and remembre the tyme of mysfortune: for God maketh the one by the other, so that a man can fynde nothinge els.

    15 These ij. thiges also haue I cosidred in ye tyme of vanite: yt the iust man perisheth for his rightuousnes sake, & the vngodly liueth in his wickednesse.

    16 Therfore be thou nether to rightuous ner ouer wyse, yt thou perish not:

  • Eccl 1:13-15
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    13 applyed my mynde to seke out & search for the knowlege of all thiges yt are done vnder heaue. Soch trauayle & labor hath God geue vnto ye childre of me, to exercyse the selues theri.

    14 Thus I haue considered all the thinges that come to passe vnder the Sone, & lo, they are all but vanite & vexacion of mynde.

    15 The croked can not be mayde straight, & the fautes ca not be nobred.

  • Eccl 8:17
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    17 I vnderstode of all ye workes of God, that it is not possible for a man, to attayne vnto ye workes that are done vnder ye Sonne: and though he bestowe his laboure to seke them out, yet can he not reach vnto the: yee though a wyse man wolde vndertake to knowe them, yet might he not fynde them.

  • Eccl 3:9-12
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    9 What hath a ma els (that doth eny thinge) but weerynesse and laboure?

    10 For as touchinge the trauayle and carefulnesse which God hath geuen vnto me, I se that he hath geuen it them, to be exercised in it.

    11 All this hath he ordened maruelous goodly, to euery thinge his due tyme. He hath plated ignoraunce also in the hertes of men, yt they shulde not fynde out ye grounde of his workes, which he doth from ye beginninge to ye ende.

    12 So I perceaued, yt in these thinges there is nothinge better for a man, the to be mery & to do well so longe as he lyueth.

  • Eccl 9:1
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    1 For all these thinges purposed I in my mynde to seke out. The righteus and wyse yee and their workes also are in the hande of God: and there is no man that knoweth ether the loue or hate of the thinge that he hath before him.

  • Eccl 8:14
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    14 Yet is there a vanite vpon earth: There be iust men, vnto whom it happeneth, as though they had the workes of the vngodly: Agayne, there be vngodly, with whom it goeth as though they had the workes of ye rightuous. This me thinke also a vaine thinge.

  • Eccl 7:24-25
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    24 then she was before, yee & so depe that I might not reach vnto her.

    25 I applied my mynde also vnto knowlege, and to seke out sciece, wisdome and vnderstondinge: to knowe the foolishnesse of the vngodly, and the erroure of dotinge fooles.

  • Eccl 3:14-15
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    14 I cosidered also yt what so euer God doth, it cotinueth for euer, & yt nothinge can be put vnto it ner take from it: & yt God doth it to ye intent, yt men shulde feare him.

    15 The thinge yt hath bene, is now: & the thinge yt is for to come, hath bene afore tyme, for God restoreth agayne the thinge that was past.

  • Job 37:14
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    14 Herken vnto this (o Iob) stonde still, and considre the wonderous workes of God.

  • Job 36:23-24
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    23 Who wil reproue him of his waye? who wil saye vnto him: thou hast done wronge?

    24 O considre how greate and excellent his workes be, whom all men loaue and prayse:

  • Eccl 2:25-26
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    25 For who maye eate, drynke, or brynge eny thige to passe without him? And why?

    26 he geueth vnto ma, what it pleaseth him: whether it be wy?dome. vnderstondinge, or gladnesse. But vnto the synner he geueth weerynes and sorow, that he maye gather and heape together ye thinge, yt afterwarde shalbe geuen vnto him whom it pleaseth God. This is now a vayne thinge, yee a very disquietnesse and vexacio of mynde.

  • Eccl 3:22
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    22 Wherfore I perceaue, yt there is nothyinge better for a man, then to be ioyfull in his laboure, for that is his porcion. But who wil brynge him to se the thinge, that shal come after him?

  • Eccl 7:29
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    29 Lo, this onely haue I founde, that God made man iust & right, but they seke dyuerse sotylties,

  • Job 23:13
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    13 It is he himself alone, who will turne him back? He doth as him listeth, and bryngeth to passe what he wil.

  • Job 11:7
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    7 Wilt thou fynde out God with thy sekynge? wilt thou attayne to the perfectnesse of the Allmightie?

  • Eccl 8:6-7
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    6 For euery thinge wil haue opportunite and iudgment, and this is the thinge that maketh men full of carefulnes & sorowe.

    7 And why? a man knoweth not what is for to come, for who wyll tell him?

  • Eccl 6:10-12
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    10 What is more excellent then man? yet can he not in the lawe get the victory of him that is mightier the he:

    11 A vayne thinge is it to cast out many wordes, but what hath a man els?

    12 For who knoweth what is good for man lyuynge, in ye dayes of his vayne life, which is but a shadowe? Or, who wil tell a man, what shal happen after him vnder the Sonne?

  • Eccl 7:10-11
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    10 Saye not thou: What is the cause that ye dayes of ye olde tyme were better, then they yt be now? for that were no wyse question.

    11 Wy?dome is better then riches, yee moch more worth then the eye sight.

  • Job 11:10
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    10 Though he turne all thinges vpsyde downe, close them in, or thrust the together, who darre check him therfore?

  • Job 7:17
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    17 What is man, that thou hast him in soch reputacion, and settest so moch by him?

  • Prov 21:8
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    8 The wayes of the frowarde are straunge, but ye workes of him yt is cleane, are right.

  • Job 9:4
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    4 He is wyse of hert, and mightie in strength. Who euer prospered, that toke parte agaynst him?

  • Prov 19:3
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    3 Foolishnesse maketh a man to go out of his waye, & then is his herte vnpacient agaynst the LORDE.

  • Prov 16:4
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    4 The LORDE doth all thinges for his owne sake, yee & when he kepeth ye vngodly for ye daye of wrath.

  • Eccl 2:11-12
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    11 But whan I considered all the workes yt my handes had wrought, and all the labours that I had taken therin: lo, all was but vanite and vexacion of mynde, & nothinge of eny value vnder ye Sonne.

    12 Then turned I me to considre wy?dome, erroure and foolishnesse (for what is he amonge men, that might be compared to me ye kynge in soch workes?)

  • Isa 29:16
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    16 Which ymaginacion of yours is euen as when the potters claye taketh advisemet, as though the worke might saye to ye worke master: make me not, or as when an erthen vessel saieth of the potter: he vnderstondeth not.

  • Job 33:13
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    13 Why doest thou then stryue agaynst him, because he geueth the no accomptes of all his doinges?

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    21 for so moch as a man shulde weery him self with wy?dome, with vnderstondinge and opportunite, and yet be fayne to leaue his labours vnto another, yt neuer swett for them. This is also a vayne thinge and a greate misery.

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    3 For who can kepe his owne councell so secrete, but it shall be knowne? Therfore haue I spoken vnwysely, seynge these thinges are so hye, and passe myne vnderstondinge.

  • Prov 10:9
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    9 He that leadeth an innocent life, walketh surely: but who so goeth a wroge waye, shalbe knowne.

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    20 for there is not one iust vpo earth, yt doth good, & sinneth not.

  • Job 4:17
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    17 Maye a man be iustified before God? Maye there eny man be iudged to be clene, by reason of his owne workes?

  • Job 10:3
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    3 Thinkest thou it well done, to oppresse me, to cast me of (beinge a worke of thy hondes) and to manteyne the councell of the vngodly?

  • Eccl 3:17
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    17 Then thought I in my mynde: God shal separate the rightuous from the vngodly, & then shal be the tyme & iudgmet of all councels & workes.