# Discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you This speaks of "discretion" and "understanding" as if they were persons who could watch over someone else. Both statements mean basically the same thing. AT: "Because you think carefully and understand what is right and wrong you will be safe" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]]) # Discretion the quality of being careful in actions and speech # watch over to guard, protect or take care of someone or something