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19 lines
869 B
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## No one has power over the breath of life to stop breathing, and no one has power over the day of his death ##
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Just as no one has the ability to control the wind, no one can continue living when it is their time to die. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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## power over the breath of life to stop breathing ##
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possible meanings are 1) no one can control the wind, 2) This means that no one is able to hold on to life when it is time to die.
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## wickedness will not rescue those who are its slaves ##
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The writer speaks of wickedness as if it is a master who owns slaves. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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## applied my heart ##
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See how you translated this in [Ecclesiastes 1:16](../01/16.md).
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## every kind of work that is done ##
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AT: "every kind of work that people do" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]]) |