Ecclesiastes 1:15
Compared across 29 translations
English
What is crooked cannot be straightened and what is defective and lacking cannot be counted.
That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
Life’s a corkscrew that can’t be straightened,A minus that won’t add up. 16-17 I said to myself, “I know more and I’m wiser than anyone before me in Jerusalem. I’ve stockpiled wisdom and knowledge.” What I’ve finally concluded is that so-called wisdom and knowledge are mindless and witless—nothing but spitting into the wind.
What is crooked cannot be straightened and what is lacking cannot be counted.
People can’t straighten things that are crooked. They can’t count things that don’t even exist.
What is crooked cannot be straightened; what is lacking cannot be counted.
What is crooked cannot be straightened; what is lacking cannot be counted.
What is wrong cannot be made right. What is missing cannot be recovered.
Arabic
فَالْمُعَوَّجُ لَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُقَوَّمَ، وَالنَّقْصُ لَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُكْمَلَ.
Danish
Man kan ikke gøre det falske ægte, og man kan ikke afhjælpe alle mangler.
German
Was krumm gewachsen ist, kann man nicht gerade biegen, und was nicht da ist, kann man auch nicht zählen.
Spanish
Ni se puede enderezar lo torcido, ni se puede contar lo que falta.
Ni se puede enderezar lo torcido, ni se puede contar lo que falta.
French
Ce qui est tordu ne peut être redressé, et ce qui manque ne peut être compté.
Hiligaynon
Ang tiko indi mo mapatadlong, kag ang wala indi mo maisip.
Korean
비틀어진 것은 바로잡을 수 없으며 없는 것은 셀 수가 없다.
nl
Wat verkeerd is, kan niet worden goedgepraat en wat niet bestaat, kan niet worden onderzocht, het heeft geen enkel nut na te denken over wat had kunnen gebeuren.
Portuguese
O que é torto não pode ser endireitado;o que está faltando não pode ser contado.
O que está mal não pode ser corrigido e também não vale a pena refletir sobre como as coisas poderiam ter sido doutra forma.
Romanian
«Ce a fost îndoit odată nu mai poate fi îndreptat, iar ce lipseşte nu poate fi numărat.»
Russian
Кривое не выпрямить, а чего нет, того не сосчитать.
Кривое не выпрямить, а чего нет, того не сосчитать.
Кривое не выпрямить, а чего нет, того не сосчитать.
Кривое не выпрямить,а чего нет, того не сосчитать.
Swedish
Det som är krokigt kan inte rätas ut, och det som fattas kan inte räknas.
Thai
สิ่งที่คดงอก็ทำให้เหยียดตรงไม่ได้สิ่งที่ขาดอยู่ก็นับไม่ได้
zh-Hant
彎曲的不能變直，缺少的無法補足[a]。