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# I am going the way of all the earth
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This is a polite way of saying "I am going to die." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]])
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# show yourself a man
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The ellipsis can be filled in. AT: "show everyone that you are a man" or "live so that everyone can see you are a good man" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])
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# walk in his ways
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Walking on a path is a metonym for the way a person lives. AT: "live the way he commands" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# so you may prosper
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"so you may succeed" or "so you may do well"
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# may fulfill his word
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"do everything he promised he would do"
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# If your sons ... you will never cease
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Yahweh is talking to David, so the words "you" and "your" refer to David.
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# to walk before me faithfully
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Yahweh is talking to David, so the word "me" refers to Yahweh.
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# with all their heart and with all their soul
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The idiom "with all ... heart" means "completely" and "with all ... soul" means "with all ... being." These two phrases have similar meanings. AT: "with all their being" or "with all their energy" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
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# you will never cease to have a man on the throne of Israel
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The word "throne" is a metonym for the king who sits on the throne. The litotes "will never cease to have" can be stated positively. AT: "your descendants will never cease to be kings of Israel" or "one of your descendants will always be the king of Israel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/david]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/command]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/solomon]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/walk]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/statute]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/decree]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lawofmoses]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/fulfill]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/word]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/faithful]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heart]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/soul]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/throne]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/israel]] |