SIL Translator’s Notes on Ecclesiastes 7:13

7:13a Consider the work of God:

Look at what God has made. (English Easy-to-Read Version)
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Think about all that God has done.

7:13b Who can straighten what He has bent?

If he makes something crooked, then who can straighten it? ⌊No one!
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If God has bent something, nobody can make it straight again. (EEB)

7:13a-b (combined)

Think carefully about all that God has done. If he makes something crooked, then certainly no one can straighten it.
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Think carefully about what God has done. Certainly no one can cause to become straight the things that God has caused to be crooked.

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