Lee
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Post by Lee on Apr 23, 2014 1:16:33 GMT
Ecc 1:15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
Any thoughts on this?
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Post by jwolfe on Apr 23, 2014 2:49:44 GMT
I do not know what me means with either of those things, especially "that which is wanting cannot be numbered"
I would be interested what people have to say about this too.
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Post by richard on Apr 23, 2014 4:13:29 GMT
There is a perversion in human life beyond man’s power to rectify, a deficiency he cannot make good; and it is for this reason that all his works are “emptiness and a striving to catch the wind”
(2001). The Christadelphian, 92(electronic ed.), 44.
Jesus said why callest me good , paul , there is a war in my members , we will always be wanting and never be made strait until that day that our mortal bodies put on immortality. just a thought |
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jopa
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Post by jopa on Apr 23, 2014 16:29:04 GMT
Basically the same thing as mentioned already: the majority of the book is from the perspective of human nature and it's vanity. So from its perspective, man's ways cannot be made straight without God's help. Only God can straighten out (see isa. 40:4).
On second part of verse, it is better translated: "that which is missing cannot be counted" (in the sense as to make it complete). So man's ways are wanting and therefore cannot be counted/numbered/calculated as whole.
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