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# Think about the lilies—how they grow
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"Think about how the lilies grow."
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# lilies
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Lilies are beautiful flowers that grow wild in the fields. If your language does not have a word for lily, you can use the name of another flower like that or translate it as "flowers" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-unknown]])
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# neither do they spin
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The process of making thread or yard for cloth is called "spinning." It may be helpful to make this explicit. Alternate translation: "neither do they make thread in order to make cloth" or "and they do not make yarn" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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# Solomon in all his glory was
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"Solomon, who had great wealth, was" or "Solomon, who wore beautiful clothes, was"
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