en_tn/pro/19/28.md

# the mouth of the wicked swallows iniquity

This speaks of how wicked people enjoy doing evil by saying that they swallow iniquity as easily as they swallow food. AT: "the wicked enjoy doing evil as much as they enjoy eating food" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# the mouth of the wicked swallows

Here wicked people are referred to by their "mouths." AT: "the wicked swallow" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# the wicked

This refers to wicked people. AT: "the wicked person" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj]])

# Condemnation is ready for mockers and flogging for

The words "condemnation" and "flogging" may be expressed as verbs. AT: "Yahweh is ready to condemn mockers and to flog" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])

# flogging for the backs

The missing words may be added. AT: "flogging is ready for the backs" or "he is ready to flog the backs" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])

# flogging

beating with a whip or stick