Ecclesiastes 7:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?

Consider the work of God - consider that it is impossible to alter His dispensations.

For who can make (that) straight? Man cannot amend what God wills to be "wanting" and "adverse" (Ecclesiastes 1:15; Job 12:14). Since no one can, no one should wish to alter what God ordains. If men in adversity would "consider" it as "the work of God," they would meekly, yea, thankfully, submit, in the spirit of Psalms 39:9; Leviticus 10:3.

Ecclesiastes 7:13

13 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?