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Ecclesiastes 7

Eccl. 7:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Consider
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
the work
ma`aseh (Hebrew #4639)
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
KJV usage: act, art, + bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, X well, ((handy-, needle-, net-))work(ing, - manship), wrought.
Pronounce: mah-as-eh'
Origin: from 6213
of God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
: fore who can
yakol (Hebrew #3201)
a primitive root; to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
KJV usage: be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.
Pronounce: yaw-kole'
Origin: or (fuller) yakowl {yaw-kole'}
make that straight
taqan (Hebrew #8626)
to equalize, i.e. straighten (intransitive or transitive); figuratively, to compose
KJV usage: set in order, make straight.
Pronounce: taw-kan'
Origin: a primitive root
, which he hath made crooked
`avath (Hebrew #5791)
to wrest
KJV usage: bow self, (make) crooked., falsifying, overthrow, deal perversely, pervert, subvert, turn upside down.
Pronounce: aw-vath'
Origin: a primitive root
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Isa. 14:27• 27For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back? (Isa. 14:27)

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Consider.
Job 37:14• 14Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God. (Job 37:14)
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Psa. 8:3• 3When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; (Psa. 8:3)
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Psa. 107:43• 43Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the Lord. (Psa. 107:43)
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Isa. 5:12• 12And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands. (Isa. 5:12)
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Eccl. 1:15• 15That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. (Eccl. 1:15)
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Job 9:12• 12Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou? (Job 9:12)
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Job 11:10• 10If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him? (Job 11:10)
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Job 12:14• 14Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. (Job 12:14)
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Job 34:29• 29When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only: (Job 34:29)
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Isa. 14:27• 27For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back? (Isa. 14:27)
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Isa. 43:13• 13Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it? (Isa. 43:13)
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Isa. 46:10‑11• 10Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
 11Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it. (Isa. 46:10‑11)
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Dan. 4:35• 35And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? (Dan. 4:35)
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Rom. 9:15,19• 15For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
 19Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? (Rom. 9:15,19)
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Eph. 1:11• 11In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: (Eph. 1:11)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Consider the work of God; for who can make straight what he hath made crooked?