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# Better is the little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked people
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"It is better to be poor and righteous than to be wicked with great wealth"
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# Better is the little that the righteous has
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The nominal adjective "the little" refers to few possessions. The nominal adjective "the righteous" refers to a righteous person. AT: "Better are the few possessions that a righteous person has" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj]])
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# the abundance
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This refers to the wealth of the wicked people. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj]])
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# For the arms of the wicked people will be broken
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Here "arms" represent the strength of the wicked people. Breaking their arms represents taking away their power. This could be stated in active form. AT: "For Yahweh will remove the strength of the wicked people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/peoplegroup]] |