# Are not their tent cords plucked up among them?

This may be put into active form. AT: "Have not their enemies plucked up their tent cords from among them?" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# their tent cords

Here tent cords represent a tent. Sometimes a person's home and family are pictured as his tent, which can also represent all his possessions. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])