986 B
986 B
Hold on to instruction, do not let it go
The writer speaks of a person remembering what he has learned as if "instruction" were an object that the person can hold tightly. AT: "Continue to obey what I have taught you and never forget it" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
for it is your life
The writer speaks of discipline preserving a person's life as if it were that person's life. AT: "for it will preserve your life" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
Do not follow the path of the wicked and do not go along the way of those who do evil
The writer speaks of a person's actions as if that person were walking along a path. AT: "Do not do what wicked people do and do not join in the actions of people who do evil" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
Avoid it
"Avoid the path of the wicked"