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# No one has power over the wind to restrain it ... no one has power over the day of his death
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Just as no one has the ability to stop the wind from blowing, no one can continue living when it is time to die. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])
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# the day of his death
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This is an idiom. Alternate translation: "when he will die" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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# No one is discharged from the army
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This can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: "No army discharges anyone" or "No army allows soldiers to leave" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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# wickedness will not rescue those who are its slaves
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This speaks of wickedness as if it were a master who had slaves. Alternate translation: "evil people will not be saved by doing what is evil" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])
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