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# the poor being oppressed and robbed
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "people oppressing the poor and robbing them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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# the poor
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This refers to poor people. Alternate translation: "those who are poor" or "poor people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-nominaladj]])
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# just and right treatment
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The words "just" and "right" mean basically the same thing and refer to the kind of treatment that people deserve. Alternate translation: "fair treatment" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-doublet]])
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# do not be astonished as if no one knows, because there are people
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"do not be surprised, for there are people
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# there are people in power
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"there are people with authority"
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# even higher ones over them
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There are other men who rule over the men in authority. Alternate translation: "men who have even more authority than they do" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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