3:16

ruin and misery lie in their wake: This clause indicates that these people cause ruin and misery for others wherever they go. They destroy people and their things and cause them to suffer. Here are other ways to translate this clause:

they leave a path of ruin and misery
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Everywhere they go they cause ruin and misery (New Century Version)
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Wherever they go they destroy and they bring hardship
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their whole lives they destroy/ruin others and cause suffering

in their wake: Here the word wake is a figure of speech, referring to the aftermath of one’s daily actions. See the examples above.

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