Ecclesiastes 1:15
That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.In other versions
That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
ASV
That which is bent may not be made straight, and that which is not there may not be numbered.
BBE
That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
DBY
That which is crooked can't be made straight; and that which is lacking can't be counted.
WEB
A crooked thing `one' is not able to make straight, and a lacking thing is not able to be numbered.
YLT
That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is lacking cannot be numbered.
ENG
That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
WBT
What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.
BSB
In context
13And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
15That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
16I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
17And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.