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# the mouth of ... the lips of

The mouth and the lips both refer to what a person says. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])

# a rod for his back

The rod with which people will punish the fool by hitting him on his back for his foolish words is a metonym for the words that come out of his mouth. Alternate translation: "words that will cause people to punish him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])

# the wise

This word is plural. "wise men" or "wise people"

# will preserve them

"will keep them from harm" or "will keep them safe"
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# the mouth of ... the lips of`
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Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`The mouth and the lips both refer to what a person says. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])`
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Update 'pro/14/03.md' 2018-03-27 14:23:07 +00:00			`# a rod for his back`
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Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`The rod with which people will punish the fool by hitting him on his back for his foolish words is a metonym for the words that come out of his mouth. Alternate translation: "words that will cause people to punish him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])`
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Update 'pro/14/03.md' 2018-03-27 14:23:07 +00:00			`This word is plural. "wise men" or "wise people"`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# will preserve them`
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			`"will keep them from harm" or "will keep them safe"`