Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

A righteous person who yields to the wicked
is like a muddied spring or a polluted well.

New American Standard Bible

Like a trampled spring and a polluted well
Is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

King James Version

A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

International Standard Version

A muddied spring or a polluted well that's what a righteous person is who compromises with the wicked.

A Conservative Version

A troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, [is] a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

American Standard Version

As a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring,'so is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.

Amplified


Like a muddied fountain and a polluted spring
Is a righteous man who yields and compromises his integrity before the wicked.

Bible in Basic English

Like a troubled fountain and a dirty spring, is an upright man who has to give way before evil-doers.

Darby Translation

A troubled fountain, and a defiled well, is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.

Julia Smith Translation

A fountain trampled down, and a fountain corrupted, the just one turned aside before the unjust one.

King James 2000

A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a muddied fountain, and a polluted spring.

Lexham Expanded Bible

[Like] a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is the righteous who gives way before the wicked.

Modern King James verseion

A righteous man falling down before the wicked is like a troubled fountain and a rotten spring.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

A righteous man falling down before the ungodly, is like a troubled well and a spring that is destroyed.

NET Bible

Like a muddied spring and a polluted well, so is a righteous person who gives way before the wicked.

New Heart English Bible

Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

The Emphasized Bible

A fountain fouled, a spring spoiled, is a righteous man tottering before one who is lawless.

Webster

A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a turbid fountain, and a corrupt spring.

World English Bible

Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

Youngs Literal Translation

A spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, Is the righteous falling before the wicked.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
צדּיק 
Tsaddiyq 
Usage: 206

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

the wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

is as a troubled
רפשׂ 
Raphas 
Usage: 2

מעינה מעינו מעין 
Ma`yan 
Usage: 23

and a corrupt
שׁחת 
Shachath 
Usage: 146

References

Hastings

Morish

Context Readings

More Proverbs Of Solomon

25 Good news from a distant land
is like cold water to a parched throat.
26 A righteous person who yields to the wicked
is like a muddied spring or a polluted well.
27 It is not good to eat too much honey
or to seek glory after glory.

Cross References

Genesis 4:8

Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

1 Samuel 22:14-18

Ahimelech replied to the king: “Who among all your servants is as faithful as David? He is the king’s son-in-law, captain of your bodyguard, and honored in your house.

2 Chronicles 24:21-22

But they conspired against him and stoned him at the king’s command in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple.

Ezekiel 32:2

“Son of man, lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him:

You compare yourself to a lion of the nations,
but you are like a monster in the seas.
You thrash about in your rivers,
churn up the waters with your feet,
and muddy the rivers.”

Ezekiel 34:18-19

Isn’t it enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of the pasture with your feet? Or isn’t it enough that you drink the clear water? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet?

Matthew 23:34-37

This is why I am sending you prophets, sages, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and hound from town to town.

Matthew 26:69-74

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A servant approached him and she said, “You were with Jesus the Galilean too.”

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They even killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become.

1 Thessalonians 2:15

who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us; they displease God and are hostile to everyone,

Revelation 17:6

Then I saw that the woman was drunk on the blood of the saints and on the blood of the witnesses to Jesus. When I saw her, I was greatly astonished.

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