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# I explored in my heart
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This speaks of thinking hard for a long time as if it were exploring. Also, the author speaks of his feelings and his thoughts as if they were his "heart." Alternate translation: "I thought hard about" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# to gratify myself with wine
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"to use wine to make myself happy"
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# I let my mind guide me with wisdom
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Here the author speaks of using the wisdom that he had been taught to guide himself as if this wisdom were a person who guided him. Alternate translation: "I thought about the things that wise people had taught me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])
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# under heaven
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This refers to things that are done on earth. Alternate translation: "on the earth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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# during the days of their lives
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"during the time that they are alive"
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