# Whatever your hand finds to do Here a person is represented by his "hand" since a person often uses his hands to work. Alternate translation: "Whatever you are able to do" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]]) # there is no work or explanation or knowledge or wisdom The nouns "work, "explanation," and "knowledge" can be expressed as verbs. Alternate translation: "the dead do not work or explain or know or have wisdom" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])