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# There is the cruelty of rage and the flood of anger, but who is able to stand before jealousy?
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The abstract nouns "rage", "anger" and "jealousy" can be translated as adjectives. AT: "A raging person is cruel and an angry person is overwhelming, but who can stand before a jealous person?" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# cruelty
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"harshness"
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# the flood of anger
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"the destructiveness of anger." Anger is spoken of here as if it were a powerful flood. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# but who is able to stand before jealousy?
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This question implies that no one can stand before jealousy. It can be reworded as a statement. AT: "but no one is able to stand before jealousy" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# to stand before jealousy
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Here standing represents being strong and resisting being harmed by a jealous person who attacks. AT: "to resist a jealous person" or "to remain strong when a jealous person attacks him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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