788 B
788 B
brings shame and reproach
Possible meanings are 1) he brings it to himself. AT: "brings shame and reproach to himself" or 2) he brings it to his family. AT: "brings shame and reproach to his family" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
If you cease to hear instruction
Here "listening and obeying" is spoken of as if it were "hearing." AT: "If you stop paying attention to instruction" or "If you stop obeying instruction" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
you will stray from
"you will abandon" or "you will turn your back on"
the words of knowledge
"knowledge"