553 B
553 B
He humbled their hearts through hardship
Here the heart represents a person, but specifically his will. AT: "He humbled them by allowing them to suffer hardship" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)
hardship
Possible meanings are 1) "trouble" or 2) "hard labor."
they stumbled and there was no one to help them up
The word "stumbled" refers to times when these people got into very difficult situations. AT: "they got into trouble and there was no one to help them out of it" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)