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# to the rebuke of the wise
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The word "rebuke" can be expressed as a verb. AT: "when wise people rebuke you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# to listen to the song of fools
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"to listen to fools sing"
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# For like the crackling of thorns burning under a pot, so also is the laughter of fools
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This speaks of how listening to fools talk and laugh will teach you nothing, as if their speech and laughter were the sound of burning thorns. AT: "For listening to the laughter of fools will not teach a man any more than if he were listening to the crackling of thorns burning under a pot" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# vapor
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"mist." The author speaks of things as being useless and meaningless as if they were 'vapor.' See how you translated this in [Ecclesiastes 1:14](../01/12.md). AT: "as useless as vapor" or "meaningless" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/rebuke]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/thorn]] |