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pro/12/06.md

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-# The words of wicked people are an ambush waiting for a chance to kill
+# The words of wicked people are an ambush waiting for bloodshed
 
-The deceitful things that wicked people say in order to harm other people are spoken of as if their words are waiting to kill someone by surprise. Alternate translation: "The deceitful things wicked people say are like a person who waits to kill someone by surprise" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+The deceitful things that wicked people say in order to harm other people are spoken of as if their words are waiting to kill someone by surprise. Alternate translation: "The deceitful things wicked people say are like a person waiting to murder someone by surprise" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
 
 # the words of the upright keep them safe
 

pro/12/08.md

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-# A person is praised by how much wisdom he has
+# A man is praised for prudent lips
 
-This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "People will praise those who have wisdom" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
+This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "People will praise a man with prudent lips" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
 
-# the one who makes perverse choices is despised
+# for prudent lips
 
-This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "people will hate the one who always thinks evil thoughts" or "people will hate the one who takes good things and twists them into bad" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
+The lips here are either 1) a synecdoche for the man himself. Alternate translation: "because he is prudent" Or 2) a metonym for the words he speaks Alternate translation: "because he speaks prudently." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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+# the perverse heart is despised
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+The word "heart" here is a synecdoche for the whole person. This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "people will despise the one who always thinks evil thoughts" or "people will despise the one who takes good things and twists them into bad" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
 

pro/12/09.md

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-# General Information:
+# the person of low position
 
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+"the person whom others despise"
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+# the one who honors himself
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+"the one who boasts about himself"

pro/12/12.md

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-# the fruit
+# the plunder of the wicked
 
-This refers to a person's actions and thoughts. Just as fruit on a tree shows what kind of tree it is, in the same way a person's words and actions reveal what his character is like.
+"what wicked people steal." That is, what they desire is what they themselves can steal. The writer is not referring to these evil people stealing from other wicked people.
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+# the righteous root endures
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+This metaphor refers to a person who acts righteously whether people are watching him or not. Alternate translation: "the righteous person endures" or "righteous people endure" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
 

pro/12/13.md

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-# An evil person is trapped by his wicked talk
+# An evil person is trapped by the transgression of his lips
 
-"Trapped" represents being caught in a snare or being tricked. This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "The wicked things an evil person says will trap him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
+"Trapped" represents being caught in a snare or being tricked. The evil words a person says are spoken of as if the person's lips themselves were transgressing. This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "The wicked things an evil person says will trap him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
 

pro/12/22.md

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-# Yahweh hates lying lips
+# Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh
 
-"Lips" represents what a person says. Alternate translation: "Yahweh detests those who tell lies" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
+"Lips" are either a metonym for the words a person says or a synecdoche for the person himself. Alternate translation: "Lies are an abomination to Yahweh" or "People who tell lies are an abomination to Yahweh" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
 

pro/13/06.md

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 Here "path" represents how a person directs his life. Alternate translation: "who are faultless in their way of living" or "who live lives of integrity" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
 
-# wickedness turns away those who commit sin
+# wickedness ruins those who commit sin
 
-Here "wickedness" represents an evil conduct of life. This quality acts like a person who turns away those who commit sin. Alternate translation: "wickedness turns sinners away from a successful path" or "wickedness ruins sinners' lives" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])
+Here "wickedness" represents an evil conduct of life. This quality acts like a person who ruins those who commit sin. Alternate translation: "wickedness ruins sinners' lives" or "sinners ruin their lives by committing wickedness" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])
 

pro/13/17.md

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 # a faithful envoy
 
-"a faithful messenger" or "a faithful diplomat"
+"a faithful messenger" or "a faithful ambassador"
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+# brings healing
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+The word "healing" here is probably a metaphor for reconciliation between the one who sends the envoy and the person to whom the envoy is sent..Alternate translation: "brings reconciliation" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])