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# No one is ruler over his breath so as to stop the breath ... no one has power over the day of his death
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Just as no one has the ability to stop himself from breathing, no one can continue living when it is time to die. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# No one is ruler
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The word "ruler" can be expressed as a verb. Alternate translation: "No one has control"
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# the day of his death
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This is an idiom. Alternate translation: "when he will die" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# No one is discharged from the army
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This can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: "No army discharges anyone" or "No army allows soldiers to leave" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# wickedness will not rescue those who are its slaves
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This speaks of wickedness as if it were a master who had slaves. Alternate translation: "evil people will not be saved by doing what is evil" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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