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1.1 KiB
He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world ... and the peoples
The three phrase have similar meanings; the last two phases are used to strengthen the first. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism)
to judge ... will judge
Another possible meaning is "to rule ... will rule."
He will judge the world with righteousness
Here "the world" is a metonym for all the people in the world. See how these words are translated in Psalms 9:8. Alternate translation: "He will judge all the people of the world righteously" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy)
the peoples with his faithfulness
The words "he will judge" are understood. Alternate translation: "he will judge the peoples with his faithfulness" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-ellipsis)
with his faithfulness
The can be restated to remove the abstract noun "faithfulness." Possible meanings are 1) Alternate translation: "fairly, according to what he knows is true" or 2) Alternate translation: "using the same standard for all people" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns)