# does not stay silent

The writer uses this negative statement to emphasize the positive. Alternate translation: "speaks so that everyone can hear him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes]])

# a fire devours before him

The writer speaks of a fire burning things as if it were eating them. Alternate translation: "a fire burns in front of him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# it is very stormy around him

"there is a great storm around him"