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# General Information:
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These verses begin the "thirty sayings" ([Proverbs 22:20](./20.md)).
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# Do not rob ... or crush
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If your language has a way of showing that this is the way one person would speak strongly to another, different from a general rule that people are supposed to obey, you should use it here.
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# the poor
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This nominal adjective can be translated as a noun phrase. Alternate translation: "any poor person" or "poor people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj]])
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# crush
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grind into powder. This is a metaphor for "treat unjustly." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# the needy
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This nominal adjective can be translated as a noun phrase. Alternate translation: "any needy person" or "any person who does not have what he needs to live" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj]])
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# at the gate
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The place where people bought and sold items and settled legal arguments is used as a metonym for business and legal activity. Alternate translation: "in court" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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