From ff965e746a218ad2c91ee2f61f2a8c9412cc321d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Obiwon Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 21:47:48 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update dan/11/26.md --- dan/11/26.md | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/dan/11/26.md b/dan/11/26.md index 76cde51595..2a489cd021 100644 --- a/dan/11/26.md +++ b/dan/11/26.md @@ -1,12 +1,11 @@ # those who eat his fine food -This refers to the king's advisers. It was usual for a king's most trusted advisers to eat meals with him. Alternate translation: "the king's best advisers" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]]) +"the king's best advisers" # His army will be swept away like a flood -Here the severe defeat of an army is spoken of as a flood of water that completely sweeps it away. Alternate translation: "The enemy will completely defeat his army" or "His enemy will completely destroy his army as a flood destroys everything in its path" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) +"The enemy will completely defeat his army" or "His enemy will completely destroy his army as a flood destroys everything in its path" # many of them will fall killed -Here "fall" is an idiom that refers to dying in battle, so "fall" and "killed" mean basically the same thing. Alternate translation: "many of his soldiers will die in battle" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-doublet]]) - +"many of his soldiers will die in battle"