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Ecclesiastes 7:13-14
New English Translation
Ecclesiastes 7:13-14
New English Translation
Wisdom Acknowledges God’s Orchestration of Life
13 Consider the work of God:
For who can make straight what he has bent?
14 In times of prosperity[a] be joyful,
but in times of adversity[b] consider this:
God has made one as well as the other,[c]
so that no one can discover what the future holds.[d]
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 7:14 tn Heb “the day of good.”
- Ecclesiastes 7:14 tn Heb “the day of evil.”
- Ecclesiastes 7:14 tn Less probable renderings of this line are “God hath made the one side by side with the other” (ASV) and “God has set the one alongside the other” (NEB).
- Ecclesiastes 7:14 tn Heb “anything after him.” This line is misinterpreted by several versions: “that man may not find against him any just complaint” (Douay); “consequently, man may find no fault with Him” (NJPS); “so that man cannot find fault with him in anything” (NAB).
Ecclesiastes 7:13-14
Lexham English Bible
Ecclesiastes 7:13-14
Lexham English Bible
Humans Must Accept God’s Will and Make the Best of It
13 Consider the work of God.
For who is able to make straight what he made crooked?
14 In the day of prosperity, rejoice!
But in the day of adversity, consider!
For God made one in place of another
so that mortals cannot find out what will happen in the future.[a]
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 7:14 Literally “after him”
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