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# under the sun
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This refers to things that are done on earth. See how you translated this in [Ecclesiastes 1:3](../01/03.md). Alternate translation: "on the earth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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# behold, the tears
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"I looked and I saw"
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# the tears of oppressed people
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Here "tears" represent weeping. Alternate translation: "the oppressed people were weeping" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# Power was in the hand of their oppressors
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This means that their oppressors were powerful. Here their "hand" represents what thet possess. Alternate translation: "Their oppressors were powerful" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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