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# You return man to dust
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This implies that just as God created the first man, Adam, from the soil, God will cause people's bodies to turn back into soil after they die. Alternate translation: "You return people to dust when they die" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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# return man
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Here "man" means people in general. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-gendernotations]])
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# Return, you descendants
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The words "to dust" or "to soil" are understood. Alternate translation: "Return to dust, you descendants" or "Return to soil, you descendants" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-ellipsis]])
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# you descendants of mankind
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This is a way of referring to humans in general. Alternate translation: "you humans" or "you people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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