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# Or to the silent stone
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The verb may be supplied from the previous phrase. Alternate translation: "Woe to the one saying to the silent stone" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-ellipsis]])
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# Do these things teach?
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This rhetorical question emphasizes the negative answer that it anticipates. The question can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "These things cannot teach." or "Wood and stone cannot teach." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# See, it is overlaid
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"Look at it. You can see for yourself that it is overlaid"
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# it is overlaid with gold and silver
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "a person overlays the wood or stone with gold and silver" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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# there is no breath at all within it
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The idiom "no breath ... within it" means that it is not alive, but dead. Alternate translation: "it is not alive" or "it is dead" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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