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A worthless person—a wicked man

These two words have the same meaning and emphasize how bad this person is. Alternate translation: "A person with no value—an evil man" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-doublet)

lives by the crookedness of his speech

Here lies are spoken of as speech that is crooked. Alternate translation: "constantly tells lies" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)