NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon A righteoustsaddiyq (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. Links Proverbs 25:26Proverbs 25:26 NIV Proverbs 25:26 NLT Proverbs 25:26 ESV Proverbs 25:26 NASB Proverbs 25:26 KJV |