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19 lines
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## This is true ##
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"This" refers to the wicked man who "runs at God with a stiff neck" in the previous verse.
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## he has covered his face with his fat and gathered fat upon his loins ##
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This wicked man is described as fat and weak, while believing himself to be strong enough to defeat God. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-irony]])
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## he has covered his face with his fat ##
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AT: "his face looks fat and chubby"
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## gathered fat upon his loins ##
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"loins" are often considered the location of physical strength and generative power. To cover them with fat would be to destroy his power and ability to fight.
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## heaps ##
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AT: "disorganized piles"
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