מעוות לא יוכל לתקון

English translation: That which is crooked cannot be made straight

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Hebrew term or phrase:מעוות לא יוכל לתקון
English translation:That which is crooked cannot be made straight
Entered by: Smantha

06:32 Aug 4, 2009
Hebrew to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Hebrew term or phrase: מעוות לא יוכל לתקון
מעוות לא יוכל לתקון" -ביטוי שמופיע בכתב טענות לבית המשפט"
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That which is crooked cannot be made straight
Explanation:
מקור:
"מעוות, לא יוכל לתקון; וחסרון, לא יוכל להימנות" (קוהלת א,טו)

(Ecclesiastes Chapter 1, 15)
"That which is crooked cannot be made straight; (and that which is wanting cannot be numbered)."

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Smantha
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4 +5That which is crooked cannot be made straight
Smantha
5"An unrightable wrong"
Jonathan Orr-Stav


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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
That which is crooked cannot be made straight


Explanation:
מקור:
"מעוות, לא יוכל לתקון; וחסרון, לא יוכל להימנות" (קוהלת א,טו)

(Ecclesiastes Chapter 1, 15)
"That which is crooked cannot be made straight; (and that which is wanting cannot be numbered)."

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Note added at 8 mins (2009-08-04 06:41:15 GMT)
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ומשמעות הדבר - סוגי עברות שלא ניתן לתקנן


Smantha
Israel
Local time: 10:14
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in HebrewHebrew
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agree  elli_fischer
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agree  Lingopro
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agree  Karin Anna Aisicovich
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agree  Iris Bat-Or: King James Version
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"An unrightable wrong"


Explanation:
Assuming, of course, you need a snappy English equivalent – not the literal translation from the Bible. Picture a lawyer standing up in court: how would she put it?


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Jonathan Orr-Stav
Canada
Local time: 00:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in HebrewHebrew

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neutral  Iris Bat-Or: a fine translation in itself, but here we have a quotation from the Bible
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