1:15a What is crooked cannot be straightened,

Many things that are crooked cannot be caused to become straight. (Translation for Translators)
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A person cannot straighten out something that twists and turns.
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⌊It is just as⌋ pointless ⌊to⌋ try and make a thing with curves to be straight.

1:15b and what is lacking cannot be counted.

And no one can count things that are missing.
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If it isn’t there you/they cannot count it.

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