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# Make a level path for your foot
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Here the word "foot" represents the person who is walking. The writer speaks of a person's actions as if he were walking along a path, and of planning those actions carefully as if it were making that path level. AT: "Make a level path to walk on" or "Prepare well what you want to do" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# a level path
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"a smooth path" or "an even path"
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# then all your ways will be secure
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The writer speaks of a person's actions as if the person were walking along a path and of those actions being successful as if the path were safe and secure. AT: "then everything that you do will be right" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# Do not turn aside to the right or to the left
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The directions "right" and "left" form a merism, meaning that the person is not to leave the level path in any direction. AT: "Walk straight ahead and do not leave the level path" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism]])
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# turn your foot away from evil
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Here the word "foot" represents the person who walks. The writer speaks of not committing evil actions as if the person were walking away from evil. AT: "turn away from evil" or "stay away from evil" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/turn]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/evil]] |