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# Those who are blessed by God will inherit the land; those who are cursed by him will be cut off
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This is a contrastive form of Parallelism. Those who are blessed by God in contrast to those who are cursed by God. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# Those who are blessed by God
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This can be stated as active. AT: "Those whom God blesses" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# will inherit the land
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The possession of the land is spoken of as if it had been received as an inheritance. See how you translated this in [Psalms 37:9](./008.md). AT: "will receive the land as their own possession" or "will be allowed to live safely in the land" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# those who are cursed by him
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "those whom Yahweh curses" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# will be cut off
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The destruction of the wicked is spoken of as if they were a branch of plant that was cut off and thrown away. See how you translated this in [Psalms 37:9](./008.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# It is by Yahweh that a man's steps are established ... commendable in God's sight
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These can be stated to show the logical connection and clarify the passive clause. AT: "If a man lives in a commendable way in Yahweh's sight, Yahweh will establish his steps" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# It is by Yahweh that a man's steps are established
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "Yahweh is the one who enables a man to be successful" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# a man ... the man
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This does not refer to a specific man, but to people in general. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-genericnoun]])
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# a man's steps
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Steps represent the way a person lives. AT: "the way a man lives" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# Though he stumbles, he will not fall down
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Here "stumble" and "fall" refer to the man's reaction to difficult times. AT: "Though he has difficult times, he will not utterly fail" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# holding him with his hand
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Here "his hand" refers to Yahweh's power, and "holding him" refers to protecting him. AT: "protecting him with his power" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/bless]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/inherit]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/curse]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/cutoff]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/stumble]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/hand]] |