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450 B
450 B
who oppresses
"who severely mistreats"
like a beating rain that leaves no food
The poor man who oppresses other poor people is compared to a rain that falls so hard that it leaves no crop to harvest. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)
beating rain
This is a metaphor for a rain coming down hard enough to cause crops to be driven down. Alternate translation: "damaging rain" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)