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Pro 21:6 Issue 3378 "likens" 

Took "likens" out of explanation.
Added explanation of metaphors.
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# Acquiring riches
"Gaining wealth"
"Gaining wealth" or "Getting rich"
# a lying tongue
# by a lying tongue
The tongue is a metonym for the words a person uses the tongue to speak. Alternate translation: "speaking lies" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
The tongue is a metonym for what a person says. Alternate translation: "by deceitful words" or "by telling lies" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
# a fleeting vapor
# is a fleeting vapor
The writer likens the riches a person gains by lying to a mist that quickly goes away in the morning. Alternate translation: "a disappearing mist" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
A fleeting vapor is a mist that quickly goes away in the morning. If someone tells lies in order to get wealth, that wealth will not last. Alternate translation: "is like a disappearing mist" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
# a snare that kills
# is a snare that kills
The writer speaks of the riches that a person gains by lying as if it were the bait in a hunter's trap; the word "snare" is a metonym for the bait that attracts the animal into the snare. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
A snare is a kind of trap. If someone tells lies in order to get wealth, he puts himself in terrible danger. Alternate translation: "is like a snare that kills" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])