Ecclesiastes 1:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wantingc cannot be numbered. ”

Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He saw clearly both the disorder and incompleteness of human actions (compare the marginal reference), and also man’s impotence to rectify them.
Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

[That which is] (k) crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is lacking cannot be numbered. (k) Man is not able by all his diligence to cause things to go other than they do: neither can he n...
Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 1:12 to Ecclesiastes 2:26 . Qoheleth's Investigations. Assuming the character of Solomon the writer tells of his search for happiness under many forms. The pursuit of wisdom ( Eccle...
Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 828 THE CREATURE IS VANITY AND VEXATION Ecclesiastes 1:14-15 . I have seen all the works which are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. That which is...
Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. That which is crooked cannot be made straight - There are many apparent irregularities and anomalies in...
Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And that which is wanting cannot be numbered— Nor can men's wants be numbered. For the first clause of this verse, see chap. Ecclesiastes 7:13 . From the 12th to this verse, we have the second p...
Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. (That which is) crooked cannot be made straight - `be brought into position' (Hengstengberg). The...
Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

All is Vanity 1-11. The writer describes himself. He declares that all things are transitory and without result, whether they be the works or the life of man, or the natural forces of heat, air, a...
Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Made straight. — The verb occurs only in this book ( Ecclesiastes 7:13 ; Ecclesiastes 12:9 , “set in order”) and in Rabbinical Hebrew. So likewise “that which is wanting” is peculiar to this passa...
Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

FIRST SECTION The Quest Of The Chief Good In Wisdom And In Pleasure Ecclesiastes 1:12-18 ; Ecclesiastes 2:1-26 OPPRESSED by his profound sense of the vanity of the life which man lives amid t...
Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Testimony of an Unsatisfied Soul Ecclesiastes 1:1-18 All is vanity ! This cry finds an echo in human hearts of every age and clime. Clod meant man to be happy. “These things,” said our Lo...
Ecclesiastes 1:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The first verse of this chapter introduces us to the author of the Book. Taken in conjunction with verse Ecclesiastes 1:12 , it leaves no room for doubt that he is Solomon. In stating his theme he e...
Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. (13) And 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 s...
Ecclesiastes 1:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

[That which is] crooked cannot be made straight ,.... By all the art and cunning, wisdom and knowledge of man, that he can attain unto; whatever he, in the vanity of his mind, may find fault with in...
Ecclesiastes 1:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ecclesiastes 1:15 [That which is] crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. Ver. 15. That which is crooked cannot be made straight. ] Most men are so wedded...
Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I have seen all the works , &c. Diligently observed, and, in a great measure, understood them; and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit Not only unsatisfying, but also an affliction or...
Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Vanity of Human Wisdom. 12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13 And I gave my heart to seek and searc...
Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

That which is crooked cannot be made straight; all our knowledge serves only to discover our diseases and miseries, but is oft itself utterly insufficient to heal or remove them; it cannot rectify...
Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Intellectual Search ( Ecclesiastes 1:12-18 ). Ecclesiastes 1:12-13 ‘I the preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem, and I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom about all th...
Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 1:12-18 I. Solomon's first resource was philosophy. He studied man's position in this world. His appetite for knowledge was omnivorous; and whilst hungering for the harvest, he was th...
Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 1:2 . Vanity of vanities. This is the Hebrew form of the superlative degree of comparison; as, the heaven of heavens, the song of songs, &c. He adds, “vexation of spirit,” because...
Ecclesiastes 1:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

That which is crooked cannot be made straight. Making the crooked straight (with Isaiah 40:4 ):--Both these men gaze upon the affairs of human kind, and are afflicted with the sense of crooked...
Ecclesiastes 1:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ecclesiastes 1:1 THE TITLE . The words of the Preacher, the son of David, King in Jerusalem ; Septuagint, "King of Israel in Jerusalem" (comp. Ecclesiastes 1:12 Ecclesiast...
Ecclesiastes 1:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Unreliability of Earthly Wisdom
Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 4:35 ; Ecclesiastes 3:14 ; Ecclesiastes 7:12 ; Ecclesiastes 7:13 ; Isaiah 40:4 ; Job 11:6 ; Job 34:29 ; Lamentations 3:37 ; Matthew 6:27
Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Man under the Sun Ecclesiastes 1:1-18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In order to introduce this study we can think of no better way than to go to our booklet on Ecclesiastes for a quotation. 1. Eccl...
Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Crooked — All our knowledge serves only to discover our miseries, but is utterly insufficient to remove them; it cannot rectify those disorders which are either in our own hearts and lives, or in t...

Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ecclesiastes 1:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ecclesiastes 1:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ecclesiastes 1:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 1:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ecclesiastes 1:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ecclesiastes 1:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Ecclesiastes 1:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes