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# Let them be like a snail that melts and passes away
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No longer existing is spoken of as melting and disappearing. Alternate translation: "Let the wicked vanish like a snail that melts and no longer exists" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# snail
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small animal that the Israelites considered unclean and that looks like it is melting as it moves by sliding over slime it has produced
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# like the untimely born child of a woman that never sees the sunlight
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Not existing is spoken of as being like a baby that is born dead. Alternate translation: "like a baby who is born too early too live and see the sunlight" or "like a baby that was born dead" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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