Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
[Like] a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is the righteous who gives way before the wicked.
New American Standard Bible
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.
Holman Bible
is like a muddied spring or a polluted well.
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.
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.
Themes
Fountain » Figurative » The turgid, of the debasement of character
Fountains and springs » Illustrative » (troubled,) of saints led astray
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 25:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
More Proverbs Of Solomon
25 [Like] cold water upon a weary soul, [so too is] good news from a distant place. 26 [Like] a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is the righteous who gives way before the wicked. 27 To eat much honey is not good, nor [is] seeking one's honor honorable.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 4:8
Then Cain said to his brother Abel, ["Let us go out into the field."] And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
1 Samuel 22:14-18
But Ahimelech answered the king and said, "And who among all your servants [is] as faithful as David? He [is] the son-in-law of the king who moves [quickly] to safeguard you and is honored in your house.
2 Chronicles 24:21-22
Then they conspired against him and stoned him [with] stones at the command of the king in the courtyard of the house of Yahweh.
Ezekiel 32:2
"Son of man, raise a lament over Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and you must say to him, '[With] a fierce, strong lion among nations you compared yourself, and you [are] like the sea monster in the seas, and you thrash about in your rivers, and you make water turbid with your feet, and you make your rivers muddy.
Ezekiel 34:18-19
{Is it not enough for you} [that] you feed on the good pasture? And [still] you must trample the remainder of your pasture with your feet, and {clear water} you drink, and the {leftover water} you must make muddy with your feet.
Matthew 23:34-37
For this [reason], behold, I am sending to you prophets and wise men and scribes. [Some] of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and will pursue from town to town,
Matthew 26:69-74
Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a female slave came up to him [and] said, "You also were with Jesus the Galilean."
Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand about 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 who persecuted us, and [who are] not pleasing to God and [are] opposed to all people,
Revelation 17:6
And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the witnesses to Jesus. And {I was greatly astonished when I saw her}.