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# He dispenses the hail like crumbs
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Yahweh scatters hail as easily as a person would scatter bread crumbs. AT: "He dispenses the hail easily, as if it were crumbs" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# He dispenses
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"He sends"
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# hail
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small pieces of ice that fall from the sky like rain
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# who can withstand the cold he sends?
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The writer uses this question to emphasize that it is difficult to endure the cold weather that Yahweh causes. AT: "no one can live in the cold he sends." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# He sends out his command and melts them
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The writer speaks of Yahweh's command as if it were his messenger. The word "command" can be translated with a verb. AT: "He commands the ice to melt" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/send]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/command]] |