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# A worthless person digs up mischief

The writer speaks of a person trying to find ways to harm other people as if that person were digging in the ground to find something buried. AT: "A worthless person looks for mischief as if he were digging for something in the ground" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# worthless

"useless" or "wicked"

# mischief

trouble

# his speech is like a scorching fire

The writer compares the way this person's words hurt others with the way that fire burns things. AT: "he hurts people with his words, like a fire scorches the things it touches" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])

# a gossip

a person who gossips or spreads rumors

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/fire]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/perverse]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/gossip]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# A worthless person digs up mischief`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`The writer speaks of a person trying to find ways to harm other people as if that person were digging in the ground to find something buried. AT: "A worthless person looks for mischief as if he were digging for something in the ground" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# worthless`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"useless" or "wicked"`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# mischief`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
Fixing one-word snippets. 2017-10-17 17:18:48 +00:00			`trouble`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# his speech is like a scorching fire`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`The writer compares the way this person's words hurt others with the way that fire burns things. AT: "he hurts people with his words, like a fire scorches the things it touches" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])`

			`# a gossip`

added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`a person who gossips or spreads rumors`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/fire]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/perverse]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/gossip]]`