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# A worthless person—a wicked man
These two words have the same meaning and emphasize how bad this person is. AT: "A person with no value—an evil man" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
# lives by the crookedness of his speech
Here lies are spoken of as speech that is crooked. AT: "constantly tells lies" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# winking his eyes, making signals with his feet and pointing with his fingers
All three of these phrases describe a way in which the evil person communicates secretly to deceive other people.
# winking his eyes
If someone winks, he closes one eye very briefly as a secret signal to another person. This might be a sign of trust, of approval, or of something else.
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/evil]]