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# winnows the wicked
This speaks of the king separating the wicked people as if they were grain that he was winnowing. Alternate translation: "separates the wicked" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# the wicked
This refers to wicked people. Alternate translation: "those who are wicked" or "the wicked people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj]])
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# he turns a threshing wheel over them
This speaks of the king punishing the wicked as if he were driving a threshing wheel over them. Alternate translation: "he severely punishes them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# threshing wheel
"threshing cart." This is a tool used to crush grain and help separate it from the chaff.