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# Surely every man walks about like a shadow
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The lives of people are spoken of as if they are as insignificant as shadows. Alternate translation: "Everyone disappears like shadows do" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])
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# although they do not know who will receive them
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Here it is implied that they do not know what will happen to their wealth after they die. The full meaning of this statement can be made explicit. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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