unfoldingWord_en_tn/pro/02/11.md

## translationWords

* [[en:tw:darkness]]
* [[en:tw:evil]]
* [[en:tw:walk]]
* [[en:tw:watch]]

## translationNotes

* **Discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you** - AT: "Because you know what is right and wrong you will not be making mistakes" (See: [[:en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_personification]] and [[:en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_parallelism]])
* **Discretion** - being careful in actions and speech
* **They will rescue you** - AT: "Discretion and understanding will rescue you" (See: [[:en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_personification]])
* **from the way of evil, from those who speak perverse things** - These two phrases refer to two different aspects of evil to describe the full range of evil. AT: "from doing evil and talking in an evil way" (See: [[:en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_parallelism]])
* **they abandon** - The word "they" refers to the people who speak perverse things.
* **abandon** - leave and never return to someone or something