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# a land in which you will eat bread without lack
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# a land in which you will eat bread without lack
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This litotes can be translated positively. Alternate translation: "a land where there will be plenty of food for you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes]])
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The word "bread" is a synecdoche for food in general. This litotes can be translated positively. Alternate translation: "a land where there will be plenty of food for you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes]])
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# where you will not go without anything
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# where you will not lack anything
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This can be stated in positive form. Alternate translation: "where you will have everything you need" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublenegatives]])
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This is a generalization: they will lack nothing important. Alternate translation: "where you will have everything you need" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])
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# stones are made of iron
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# stones are made of iron
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# does not come if he would not steal
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# does not come except to steal
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This is a double negative. In some languages it is more natural to use a positive statement. Alternate translation: "comes only so that he may steal" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublenegatives]])
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This is a double negative. In some languages it is more natural to use a positive statement. Alternate translation: "comes only so that he may steal" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublenegatives]])
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