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 # Their poison is like a snake's poison
 
-The wicked things people say are spoken of as if they were poison. Alternate translation: "Their wicked words cause trouble as a snake's poison harms people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])
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-# they are like a deaf asp that stops up its ears
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-Wicked people who do not listen to advice or rebukes are spoken of as if they were snakes that do not respond to a charmer's music. Alternate translation: "they refuse to listen like a deaf asp that stops up its ears" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])
+"Their wicked words cause trouble as a snake's poison harms people" 
 
 # a deaf asp that stops up its ears
 
-An asp that does not respond to a charmer's music is spoken of as as if it could put something in its ears so that it will not hear. Alternate translation: "an asp that does not listen" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])
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-# asp
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-a kind of poisonous snake
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+"a poisonous snake that does not listen"