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43 lines
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# No one is ruler over his breath so as to stop the breath ... no one has power over the day of his death
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Just as no one has the ability to stop himself from breathing, no one can continue living when it is time to die. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# No one is ruler
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The word "ruler" can be expressed as a verb. AT: "No one has control"
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# the day of his death
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This is an idiom. AT: "when he will die" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# discharged
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"allowed to leave"
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# wickedness will not rescue those who are its slaves
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This speaks of wickedness as if it were a master who had slaves. AT: "evil people will not be saved by doing what is evil" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# I have applied my heart
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Here the author refers to himself by his "heart" to emphasize his feelings. See how you translated this in [Ecclesiastes 1:17](../01/16.md). AT: "I applied myself" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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# every kind of work that is done
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "every kind of work that people do" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# under the sun
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This refers to things that are done on earth. See how you translated this in [Ecclesiastes 1:3](../01/01.md). AT: "on the earth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# There is a time when a person oppresses another person to that person's hurt
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"Sometimes one person will oppress another, causing that person to be hurt"
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/breath]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/power]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/death]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/evil]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/servant]] |