# The wicked go astray even when they are in the womb ... they go astray from birth This is the same idea expressed in two different ways. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]]) # they go astray Doing wrong things is spoken of as if people are walking on a road, and they turn off and go the wrong way. AT: "they do wrong things" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])