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## The wicked are estranged...they go astray ##
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This is the same idea expressed in two different ways. (See:[[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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## they go astray ##
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"the wicked go astray"
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## Their poison is like snake's poison ##
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The wicked's poisonous words are compared to snake's poison. AT: "Their words cause pain like a snake's poison" (See [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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## like a deaf adder that stops up its ears ##
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The wicked are spoekn of as if they were snakes, which are deaf. AT: "They refuse to listen like a deaf adder that stops up its ears" (See [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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## adder ##
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A kind of poisonous snake.
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## stops up its ears ##
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AT: "cannot hear" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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## how skillful they are ##
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"how skillful the snake charmers are at controlling snakes" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])
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