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Ecclesiastes 1:15-17
Lexham English Bible

15 What is twisted cannot be straightened,[a]
    and what is lacking cannot be counted.[b]

16 I said to myself,[c] “Look! I have become great and have increased in wisdom more than anyone who has preceded[d] me over Jerusalem. I have acquired a great deal of wisdom and knowledge.”[e] 17 So I dedicated myself[f] to learn about wisdom and to learn about delusion and folly. However, I discovered[g] that this also is chasing wind.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 1:15 The MT reads the active “to be straight”; however, the BHS editors suggest the passive “to be straightened,” which is supported by LXX, which reflects a passive form
  2. Ecclesiastes 1:15 The MT reads “to be numbered”; however, the BHS editors suggest “to be supplied,” comparing 1:15b with similar wording in the Babylonian Talmud: “May the Almighty replenish your loss” (b. Berachot 16b)
  3. Ecclesiastes 1:16 Literally “I myself said to my heart”
  4. Ecclesiastes 1:16 Literally “before me”
  5. Ecclesiastes 1:16 Literally “And my mind has seen much wisdom and knowledge”
  6. Ecclesiastes 1:17 Literally “So I gave my heart”
  7. Ecclesiastes 1:17 Or “I knew”
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