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# Thorns and snares lie in the path of the perverse

The writer speaks of the way perverse people live as if it were a path on which the perverse will have trouble because of the natural "thorns" and man-made "snares." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# snares

traps to catch animals

# the perverse

This nominal adjective can be translated as a noun phrase. Alternate translation: "perverse people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-nominaladj]])

# whoever guards his life

A person doing what he needs to do so he can live a long time is spoken of as if that person were keeping thieves away from a physical object. Alternate translation: "people who want to live a long time" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`The writer speaks of the way perverse people live as if it were a path on which the perverse will have trouble because of the natural "thorns" and man-made "snares." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`traps to catch animals`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# the perverse`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`This nominal adjective can be translated as a noun phrase. Alternate translation: "perverse people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-nominaladj]])`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# whoever guards his life`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`A person doing what he needs to do so he can live a long time is spoken of as if that person were keeping thieves away from a physical object. Alternate translation: "people who want to live a long time" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00