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# righteous people and wicked
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This refers to all people, emphasizing the two opposites of righteous and wicked people. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-merism]])
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# wicked ... the good ... the clean and the unclean
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All of these phrases refer to people. Alternate translation: "wicked people ... good people ... clean people and unclean people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-nominaladj]])
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# the clean and the unclean
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This refers to all people, emphasizing the two opposites of clean and unclean people. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-merism]])
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# the clean
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A person who is acceptable for God's purposes is spoken of as if the person were physically clean. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# the unclean
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A person who is not acceptable for God's purposes is spoken of as if the person were physically unclean. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# the one who sacrifices and the one who does not sacrifice
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This refers to all people, emphasizing the two opposites of those who sacrifice and those who do not. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-merism]])
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# As good people ... so also will the sinner
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This refers to all people, emphasizing the two opposites of good people and sinners. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-merism]])
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# will the sinner ... will the man who fears to make an oath
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It is understood that this refers to people dying. Alternate translation: "the sinner will die ... the man who fears to make an oath will die" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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# the one who swears ... so also will the man who fears to make an oath
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This refers to all people, emphasizing the two opposites of those who swear oaths and those who do not.(See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-merism]])
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