## that devour others ##

Here "words" are being compared to an animal devouring people. AT: "that cause others great pain" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

## take you up…pluck you…root you ##

All three of these phrases are different ways of saying "to remove". (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

## you deceitful tongue ##

This refers to the person the author is speaking to. AT: "you speaker of deceit" or "you who speaks deceitful words" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])