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

Bible Comments

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 nature for which we cannot account; and there are many defects that cannot be supplied. This is the impression from a general view of nature; but the more we study and investigate its operations, the more we shall be convinced that all is a consecutive and well-ordered whole; and that in the chain of nature not one link is broken, deficient, or lost.

Ecclesiastes 1:15

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