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OET-LV [that_which_is]_bent not it_is_able to_straightened and_what_is_lacking not it_is_able to_counted.
UHB מְעֻוָּ֖ת לֹא־יוּכַ֣ל לִתְקֹ֑ן וְחֶסְר֖וֹן לֹא־יוּכַ֥ל לְהִמָּנֽוֹת׃ ‡
(məˊuūāt loʼ-yūkal litəqon vəḩeşrōn loʼ-yūkal ləhimmānōt.)
Key: yellow:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT What is bent is not able to be straightened,
⇔ and what is missing is not able to be counted.
UST Many things that are crooked cannot be caused to become straight.
⇔ We cannot count things that we cannot see.
BSB ⇔ What is crooked cannot be straightened,
⇔ and what is lacking cannot be counted.
OEB That which is crooked can never be straightened,
⇔ And that which is lacking can never be counted.
WEB That which is crooked can’t be made straight; and that which is lacking can’t be counted.
NET What is bent cannot be straightened,
⇔ and what is missing cannot be supplied.
LSV A crooked thing [one] is not able to make straight, and a lacking thing is not able to be numbered.
FBV You can't straighten what is twisted, and you can't count what isn't there.[fn]
1:15 These were probably everyday proverbs of the time. They really are saying that things have to be accepted as they are.
T4T ⇔ Many things that are crooked cannot be caused to become straight;
⇔ we cannot count things that do not exist.
LEB • [fn]and what is lacking cannot be counted.[fn]
?:? 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
?:? 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)
BBE That which is bent may not be made straight, and that which is not there may not be numbered.
MOF No MOF ECC book available
JPS That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
ASV That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
DRA The perverse are hard to be corrected, and the number of fools is infinite.
YLT A crooked thing [one] is not able to make straight, and a lacking thing is not able to be numbered.
DBY That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
RV That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
WBS That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
KJB That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.[fn]
(That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.)
1.15 that which is wanting: Heb. defect
BB The croked can not be made straight, nor the imperfection of thynges can be numbred.
(The croked cannot be made straight, nor the imperfection of things can be numbered.)
GNV That which is crooked, can none make straight: and that which faileth, cannot be nombred.
(That which is crooked, can none make straight: and that which faileth, cannot be numberd. )
CB The croked can not be mayde straight, & the fautes ca not be nobred.
(The croked cannot be maid straight, and the fautes ca not be nobred.)
WYC Weiward men ben amendid of hard; and the noumbre of foolis is greet with outen ende.
(Weiward men been amendid of hard; and the number of foolis is great without ende.)
LUT Krumm kann nicht schlecht werden, noch der Fehl gezählet werden.
(Krumm kann not schlecht become, still the Fehl gezählet become.)
CLV Perversi difficile corriguntur, et stultorum infinitus est numerus.[fn]
(Perversi difficile corriguntur, and stultorum infinitus it_is numerus.)
1.15 Perversi. ID. Perversus non poterit adornari, etc., usque ad ut non possit comprehendi.
1.15 Perversi. ID. Perversus not/no poterit adornari, etc., usque to as not/no possit comprehendi.
BRN That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and deficiency cannot be numbered.
BrLXX Διεστραμμένον οὐ δυνήσεται ἐπικοσμηθῆναι, καὶ ὑστέρημα οὐ δυνήσεται ἀριθμηθῆναι.
(Diestrammenon ou dunaʸsetai epikosmaʸthaʸnai, kai husteraʸma ou dunaʸsetai arithmaʸthaʸnai. )
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
(Occurrence 0) The twisted cannot be straightened! The missing cannot be counted
(Some words not found in UHB: crooked not he/it_would_be_able to,straightened and,what_is_lacking not he/it_would_be_able to,counted )
If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “People cannot straighten things that are twisted! They cannot count what is not there”