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# General Information:
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The author continues to describe people who believe their wealth will save them.
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# Like sheep
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The writer compares people who will all die to a flock of sheep. Just as sheep cannot escape when the butcher decides to slaughter them, so men will not escape when it is their time to die. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# they are appointed
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "God has appointed them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# death will be their shepherd
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The writer speaks of men dying by personifying death as a shepherd who leads them into the grave. AT: "death will take them away as a shepherd leads away sheep to be slaughtered" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# in the morning
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Here the word "morning" is a metaphor that refers to a time when God will vindicate righteous people and save them from evil people. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# their bodies will be consumed in Sheol
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The writer speaks of Sheol, the place of the dead, as if it were a person or animal. He speaks of the decay of dead bodies as if Sheol were eating them. AT: "their bodies will decompose in the grave" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# God will redeem my life from the power of Sheol
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The writer speaks of Sheol as if it were a person who has power over those who die. From the context, it is implied that this power refers to consuming the bodies of the dead. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# God will redeem my life
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Here the word "life" refers to the whole person. AT: "God will redeem me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/appoint]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/flock]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/hades]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/shepherd]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/upright]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/power]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/consume]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/redeem]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/receive]] |