Proverbs 25:26
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
[Like] a trampled 
 
7511: to stamp, treada prim. root
springמַעְיָ֣ן
(ma'·yan)
4599: a springfrom ayin
and a pollutedמָשְׁחָ֑ת
(ma·she·chat;)
7843: perhaps to go to ruina prim. root
wellוּמָקֹ֣ור
(u·ma·ko·vr)
4726: a spring, fountainfrom qur
Is a righteous manצַ֝דִּ֗יק
(tzad·dik)
6662: just, righteousfrom the same as tsedeq
who gives wayמָ֣ט
(mat)
4131: to totter, shake, slipa prim. root
beforeלִפְנֵֽי־
(lif·nei-)
6440: face, facesfrom panah
the wicked.רָשָֽׁע׃
(ra·sha.)
7563: wicked, criminalfrom an unused word


















KJV Lexicon
A righteous
tsaddiyq  (tsad-deek')
just -- just, lawful, righteous (man).
man falling down
mowt  (mote)
to waver; by implication, to slip, shake, fall -- be carried, cast, be out of course, be fallen in decay, exceedingly, fall(-ing down), be (re-)moved, be ready, shake, slide, slip.
before
paniym  (paw-neem')
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
the wicked
rasha`  (raw-shaw')
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person -- + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
is as a troubled
raphas  (raw-fas')
to trample, i.e. roil water -- foul, trouble.
fountain
ma`yan  (mah-yawn')
a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction) -- fountain, spring, well.
and a corrupt
shachath  (shaw-khath')
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin -- batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, utterly, waste(-r).
spring
maqowr  (maw-kore')
fountain, issue, spring, well(-spring).
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Like a trampled spring and a polluted well Is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A righteous person who yields to the wicked 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.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Like a stopped up fountain and a stream of sewage, so is a righteous one that falls down before an evil one.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[Like] a muddied spring and a polluted well, [so] is a righteous person who gives in to a wicked person.

King James 2000 Bible
A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a muddied fountain, and a polluted spring.
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