en_tn_condensed/ezk/14/17.md

# if I bring a sword against that land

The word "sword" is a metonym for soldiers who kill people using swords. AT:

# Sword, go through the land

Here the word "sword" represents the soldiers of an enemy army who attack with swords. AT: "Army, go through the land" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# cut off both man and beast from it

Yahweh speaks of killing people and animals as if it were cutting them off, like a person would cut a branch from a tree. AT: "kill both man and beast in the land" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# these three men

Noah, Daniel, and Job

# only their own lives would be rescued

This can be stated in active form. AT: "they would only rescue their own lives" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sword]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/cutoff]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/declare]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# if I bring a sword against that land`

			`The word "sword" is a metonym for soldiers who kill people using swords. AT:`

			`# Sword, go through the land`

			`Here the word "sword" represents the soldiers of an enemy army who attack with swords. AT: "Army, go through the land" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])`

			`# cut off both man and beast from it`

			`Yahweh speaks of killing people and animals as if it were cutting them off, like a person would cut a branch from a tree. AT: "kill both man and beast in the land" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`

			`# these three men`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00			`Noah, Daniel, and Job`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# only their own lives would be rescued`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`This can be stated in active form. AT: "they would only rescue their own lives" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sword]]`
Updated links to tWs that recently moved 2017-07-05 23:49:56 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/cutoff]]`
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/declare]]`