Ecclesiastes 1:15

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

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¹⁵ That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wantingc cannot be numbered.

Related Commentaries of Ecclesiastes 1:15

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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