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## like foam on the surface of the waters ##
This emphasizes how quickly God will cause the wicked to disappear. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
## their portion of the land is cursed ##
AT: "God curses the part of the land that they own" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
## Drought and heat consume ... those who have sinned ##
Job compares the fact that snow waters disappear when it becomes warm to how sinners will disappear in sheol. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
## Drought and heat ##
These two words describe essentially the same weather and are used together to describe it fully. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hendiadys]])
## consume ... consumes ##
"tear away ... tears away" or "destroy ... destroys"