Ecclesiastes 7:13
Strong's Lexicon
Consider
רְאֵ֖ה (rə·’êh)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: 1) to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to see 1a2) to see, perceive 1a3) to see, have vision 1a4) to look at, see, regard, look after, see after, learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out 1a5) to see, observe, consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish 1a6) to look at, gaze at 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to appear, present oneself 1b2) to be seen 1b3) to be visible 1c) (Pual) to be seen 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to see, show 1d2) to cause to look intently at, behold, cause to gaze at 1e) (Hophal) 1e1) to be caused to see, be shown 1e2) to be exhibited to 1f) (Hithpael) to look at each other, face

אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

the work
מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה (ma·‘ă·śêh)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4639: 1) deed, work 1a) deed, thing done, act 1b) work, labour 1c) business, pursuit 1d) undertaking, enterprise 1e) achievement 1f) deeds, works (of deliverance and judgment) 1g) work, thing made 1h) work (of God) 1i) product

of God:
הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: 1) (plural) 1a) rulers, judges 1b) divine ones 1c) angels 1d) gods 2) (plural intensive-singular meaning) 2a) god, goddess 2b) godlike one 2c) works or special possessions of God 2d) the (true) God 2e) God

Who
מִ֤י ()
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4310: 1) who?, whose?, whom?, would that, whoever, whosoever

can
יוּכַל֙ (yū·ḵal)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3201: 1) to prevail, overcome, endure, have power, be able 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be able, be able to gain or accomplish, be able to endure, be able to reach 1a2) to prevail, prevail over or against, overcome, be victor 1a3) to have ability, have strength

straighten
לְתַקֵּ֔ן (lə·ṯaq·qên)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 8626: 1) to equalise, make straight, become straight 1a) (Qal) to become straight 1b) (Piel) to make straight, put straight, arrange in order, set in order

אֵ֖ת (’êṯ)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

what
אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: 1) (relative part.) 1a) which, who 1b) that which 2) (conj) 2a) that (in obj clause) 2b) when 2c) since 2d) as 2e) conditional if

He has bent ?
עִוְּתֽוֹ׃ (‘iw·wə·ṯōw)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5791: 1) to be bent, be crooked, bend, make crooked, pervert 1a)(Piel) 1a1) to make crooked, falsify, pervert, subvert 1a2) to bend, make crooked 1b) (Pual) thing bent (participle) 1c) (Hithpael) to bend oneself

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what He has bent?

Young's Literal Translation
See the work of God, For who is able to make straight that which He made crooked?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Consider the work of God, for who can straighten out what He has made crooked?

New American Standard Bible
Consider the work of God, For who is able to straighten what He has bent?

King James Bible
Consider the work of God: for who can make [that] straight, which he hath made crooked?
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Consider what God has done: Who can straighten what he has made crooked?

New Living Translation
Accept the way God does things, for who can straighten what he has made crooked?

English Standard Version
Consider the work of God: who can make straight what he has made crooked?

New American Standard Bible
Consider the work of God, For who is able to straighten what He has bent?

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Consider the work of God, for who can straighten out what He has made crooked?

International Standard Version
Consider the work of God: Who is able to straighten what he has bent?

NET Bible
Consider the work of God: For who can make straight what he has bent?

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
See the work of God, For who is able to make straight that which He made crooked?
















Cross References
Ecclesiastes 1:15
That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

Ecclesiastes 3:11
He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

Ecclesiastes 8:17
Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

Ecclesiastes 1:1
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 7:12
For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.

Ecclesiastes 7:11
Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.

Ecclesiastes 7:10
Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

Ecclesiastes 7:14
In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.

Ecclesiastes 7:15
All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.

Ecclesiastes 7:16
Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
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