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# works his land

This means to till, sow, and care for his crops.

# whoever follows

"anyone who follows"

# follows worthless pursuits

"chases after worthless projects." The person who is busy doing things that do not produce anything is spoken of as chasing after useless things. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])

# will have plenty of poverty

The person following worthless pursuits is spoken of as getting the opposite of plenty of food. The abstract noun "poverty" can be translated as an adjective. Alternate translation: "will be very poor" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-irony]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This means to till, sow, and care for his crops.`

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Fixing one-word snippets. 2017-10-14 17:27:40 +00:00			`"anyone who follows"`
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			`# follows worthless pursuits`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`"chases after worthless projects." The person who is busy doing things that do not produce anything is spoken of as chasing after useless things. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])`
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			`# will have plenty of poverty`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`The person following worthless pursuits is spoken of as getting the opposite of plenty of food. The abstract noun "poverty" can be translated as an adjective. Alternate translation: "will be very poor" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-irony]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])`
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