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@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "someone had made each
 
 # pure gold, like transparent glass
 
-The gold was so clear that it is spoken of as if it was glass. See how you translated a similar phrase in [Revelation 21:18](../21/18.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
+The gold was so clear that it is spoken of as if it were glass. See how you translated a similar phrase in [Revelation 21:18](../21/18.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])