916 B
916 B
The wicked are estranged...they go astray
This is the same idea expressed in two different ways. (See:rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
they go astray
"the wicked go astray"
Their poison is like snake's poison
The wicked's poisonous words are compared to snake's poison. AT: "Their words cause pain like a snake's poison" (See rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)
like a deaf adder that stops up its ears
The wicked are spoekn of as if they were snakes, which are deaf. AT: "They refuse to listen like a deaf adder that stops up its ears" (See rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)
adder
A kind of poisonous snake.
stops up its ears
AT: "cannot hear" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification)
how skillful they are
"how skillful the snake charmers are at controlling snakes" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis)