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# The wicked go astray even when they are in the womb ... they go astray from birth
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This is the same idea expressed in two different ways. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# they go astray
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Doing wrong things is spoken of as if people are walking on a road, and they turn off and go the wrong way. AT: "they do wrong things" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# Their poison is like a snake's poison
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The wicked things people say are spoken of as if they were poison. AT: "Their wicked words cause trouble as a snake's poison harms people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# they are like a deaf adder that stops up its ears
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Wicked people who do not listen to advice or rebukes are spoken of as if they were snakes that do not respond to a charmer's music. AT: "they refuse to listen like a deaf adder that stops up its ears" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# a deaf adder that stops up its ears
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An adder that does not respond to a charmer's music is spoken of as as if it could put something in its ears so that it will not hear. AT: "an adder that does not listen" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# adder
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a kind of poisonous snake
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# charmers
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people who play or sing music in order to control snakes
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# no matter how skillful they are
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What the snake charmers were skillful at can be stated clearly. AT: "no matter how skillful the charmers are at controlling snakes" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/evil]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/womb]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/astray]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/serpent]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/voice]] |