The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
NMVA prudent [man] foresees the evil, [and] hides himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished.
OJBA prudent man foreseeth ra'ah, and hideth himself; but the naïve ones trudge on, and are punished.
T4TThose who have good sense will realize that there is something dangerous ahead, and they will hide; those who do not have good sense just keep going, and later they will suffer because of doing that.