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# the end of my life ... the extent of my days
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These phrases mean basically the same thing. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# Show me how transient I am
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"Show me how brief my life is" or "Show me how soon I will die"
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# only the width of my hand
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The writer speaks of his lifespan is if it could be measured by the width of his hand. AT: "only a very short time" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# my lifetime is like nothing before you
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This simile states that the length of the writer's life is so short that it does not exist. This is an exaggeration to stress how short it is. AT: "the length of my life is barely any time at all" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])
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# Surely every man is a single breath
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The brevity of life is spoken of as if it was only as long as the time it takes for a person to breathe one breath. AT: "The time that humans live is as short as a single breath of a person." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]]) |