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751 B
751 B
out of darkness
Darkness here represents death. AT: "out of the darkness of death" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
a flame will dry up his stalks
Here the flame represents God's judgment and the drying up of his stalks represents either the fact that his possessions disappear, or that he will die. AT: "God will take everything he owns away, like a fire dries out the moist branches of a tree" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
the breath of God's mouth
Here God's "breath" represents his judgement. AT: "God's breath" or "God's judgment" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
he will go away
This refers to him dying. AT: "he will die" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism)