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1.1 KiB
provinces
A province is a large area into which some countries are divided for the purposes of government. See how you translated this in Esther 1:1.
to lay hands on those who tried to bring disaster on them
Laying hands on people is a metonym for fighting against them. Alternate translation: "to fight their enemies" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy)
who tried to bring disaster on them
To bring disaster on people is an idiom meaning to cause a disaster to happen to them. In this case it refers to destroying them. Alternate translation: "who tried to destroy them" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom)
No one could stand against them
Standing against people represents resisting their attack. Alternate translation: "No one could resist the attack of the Jews" or "No one could successfully fight against the Jews" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy)
the fear of them had fallen on all the peoples
Fear falling on people represents people becoming very afraid. Alternate translation: "all the peoples had become very afraid of the Jews" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)