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# The heart is more deceitful
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Here the word "heart" refers to the minds and thoughts of people. AT: "The human mind is more deceitful" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# who can understand it?
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The speaker uses this rhetorical question to emphasize that no one can understand the human heart. It can be translated as a statement. AT: "no one can understand it." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# who tests the hearts
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Here the word "hearts" represents the emotions. AT: "who tests the emotions" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# according to his ways
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Here a person's behavior is spoken of as if it were the paths along which he walks. AT: "according to how he lives" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# the fruit of his deeds
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Here the results of a person's actions are spoken of as if they were fruit. AT: "what he has done" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# A partridge hatches an egg ... become rich unjustly
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This analogy of a bird that hatches another bird's eggs is meant to illustrate a rich man who makes his money by robbing others.
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# when half his days are over
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Here the word "days" stands for someone's entire life. AT: "when he has lived only half of his life" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# those riches will abandon him
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The riches are spoken of as if they were servants who would abandon their owner. AT: "he will lose his wealth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# in the end
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"at the end of his life"
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heart]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/deceive]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/mind]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/test]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/punish]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/works]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/unjust]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/life]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/foolish]] |