Ecclesiastes 7:13
“Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Consider the work of God,.... This is dressed to those who thought the former days better than the present, and were…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The work of God - The scheme of Divine Providence, the course of events which God orders and controls (compare Ecc…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Ecclesiastes 7:11-22
Solomon, in these verses, recommends wisdom to us as the best antidote against those distempers of mind which we are…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked The sequence of thought is as follows. To "consider the work of…
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