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13 lines
861 B
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# abounding in steadfast love
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The abstract noun "love" can be stated with the verb "love." Alternate translation: "always showing that he loves his people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# He will by no means clear the guilty
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"he will certainly not clear guilty people." Clearing away people's sin is a metaphor for refusing to punish them. God would not clear away the sin of guilty people. Alternate translation: "He will always punish the guilty" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# when he brings the punishment of the ancestors' sin on their descendants
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Punishing people is spoken of as if punishment were an object that could be brought and put on people. Alternate translation: "when he punishes the guilty people's descendants for the guilty people's sins" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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