From 19bfb3ed66e949f1891325d2d3c13286ae495d47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Susan Quigley Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:42:27 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Pro 30:14 Snippet update Also clarifying that "devouring" is a metaphor. --- pro/30/14.md | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/pro/30/14.md b/pro/30/14.md index cd60642958..d6a3e57e4e 100644 --- a/pro/30/14.md +++ b/pro/30/14.md @@ -1,8 +1,7 @@ -# There is a generation whose teeth are swords, and their jawbones are like knives, so they may devour the poor ... and the needy +# There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jawbones are like knives, to devour the poor ... and the needy -The people of the generation who speak very harmful things is spoken of as if they were wild animals with teeth and jawbones made of swords and knives, and they eat the poor and needy. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) +This is a metaphor for being cruel and treating poor and needy people cruelly, like an animal with sharp teeth that tears apart other animals and eats them. The sharp teeth may be a metaphor specifically for cruel words. Devouring the poor and needy may be specifically about taking poor people's possessions, leaving them even poorer. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) # jawbones the bones of the face where teeth grow -