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Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?
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God's Unchangeable Plan
Commentators agree that "the work of God" refers to His sovereign providence—the grand scheme of events He orders and controls. This includes both things that seem "straight" (as we expect) and "crooked" (baffling or difficult). The verse challenges us to recognize that we cannot alter God's ultimate plan.
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Ecclesiastes
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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