Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Like a muddied spring or a polluted well are the righteous who give way to the wicked. New Living Translation If the godly give in to the wicked, it’s like polluting a fountain or muddying a spring. English Standard Version Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked. Berean Standard Bible Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked. King James Bible A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring. New King James Version A righteous man who falters before the wicked Is like a murky spring and a polluted well. New American Standard Bible Like a trampled spring and a polluted well, So is a righteous person who gives way before the wicked. NASB 1995 Like a trampled spring and a polluted well Is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked. NASB 1977 Like a trampled spring and a polluted well Is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked. Legacy Standard Bible Like a muddied spring and a corrupted well Is a righteous man shaking before the wicked. Amplified Bible Like a muddied fountain and a polluted spring Is a righteous man who yields and compromises his integrity before the wicked. Christian Standard Bible A righteous person who yields to the wicked is like a muddied spring or a polluted well. Holman Christian Standard Bible A righteous person who yields to the wicked is like a muddied spring or a polluted well. American Standard Version As a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, So is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked. Contemporary English Version When a good person gives in to the wicked, it's like dumping garbage in a stream of clear water. English Revised Version As a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, so is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked. GOD'S WORD® Translation [Like] a muddied spring and a polluted well, [so] is a righteous person who gives in to a wicked person. Good News Translation A good person who gives in to someone who is evil reminds you of a polluted spring or a poisoned well. International Standard Version A muddied spring or a polluted well— that's what a righteous person is who compromises with the wicked. Majority Standard Bible Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked. 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. Webster's Bible Translation 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionA spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, "" [Is] the righteous falling before the wicked. Young's Literal Translation A spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, Is the righteous falling before the wicked. Smith's Literal Translation A fountain trampled down, and a fountain corrupted, the just one turned aside before the unjust one. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleA just man falling down before the wicked, is as a fountain troubled with the foot, and a corrupted spring. Catholic Public Domain Version The just falling down before the impious is like a fountain stirred up by feet and like a corrupted spring. New American Bible A trampled fountain or a polluted spring— a just person fallen before the wicked. New Revised Standard Version Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain are the righteous who give way before the wicked. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleLike a stopped fountain or a polluted spring is a righteous man when he falls down before the wicked. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Like a stopped up fountain and a stream of sewage, so is a righteous one that falls down before an evil one. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917As a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, So is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked. Brenton Septuagint Translation As if one should stop a well, and corrupt a spring of water, so is it unseemly for a righteous man to fall before an ungodly man. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context More Proverbs of Solomon…25Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land. 26Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked. 27It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.… Cross References Matthew 5:13 You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men. Ezekiel 34:18-19 Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of the pasture with your feet? Is it not enough for you to drink the clear waters? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet? / Why must My flock feed on what your feet have trampled, and drink what your feet have muddied?’ 2 Peter 2:17 These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them. Isaiah 1:22 Your silver has become dross; your fine wine is diluted with water. James 3:11-12 Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? / My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water. 2 Timothy 2:21 So if anyone cleanses himself of what is unfit, he will be a vessel for honor: sanctified, useful to the Master, and prepared for every good work. Isaiah 5:20-23 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter. / Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight. / Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing strong drink, ... 1 Corinthians 5:6 Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough? Jeremiah 15:19 Therefore this is what the LORD says: “If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless, you will be My spokesman. It is they who must turn to you, but you must not turn to them. 1 Corinthians 15:33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.” Psalm 11:3 If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?” Galatians 5:9 A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough. Isaiah 32:6 For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink. Romans 14:21 It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble. Psalm 69:14-15 Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters. / Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me. Treasury of Scripture A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring. Genesis 4:8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. 1 Samuel 22:14-18 Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house? … 2 Chronicles 24:21,22 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD… Jump to Previous Corrupt Corrupted Defiled Dirty Evil-Doers Falling Fountain Gives Muddied Polluted Righteous Spring Trampled Troubled Turbid Upright Way WickedJump to Next Corrupt Corrupted Defiled Dirty Evil-Doers Falling Fountain Gives Muddied Polluted Righteous Spring Trampled Troubled Turbid Upright Way WickedProverbs 25 1. observations about kings8. and about avoiding causes of quarrels Like a muddied spring The imagery of a "muddied spring" evokes a sense of something that was once pure and life-giving but has become tainted and unclear. In the Hebrew context, springs were vital sources of water, essential for survival and prosperity. A muddied spring would be a profound disappointment and a symbol of corruption. The Hebrew word for "muddied" can imply being trampled or disturbed, suggesting that external forces have caused this degradation. Spiritually, this represents the loss of clarity and purity in a righteous person's life when they compromise with wickedness. or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Like a muddiedנִ֭רְפָּשׂ (nir·pāś) Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 7515: To trample, roil water spring מַעְיָ֣ן (ma‘·yān) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4599: A fountain, a source or a polluted מָשְׁחָ֑ת (mā·šə·ḥāṯ) Verb - Hofal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 7843: Perhaps to go to ruin well וּמָק֣וֹר (ū·mā·qō·wr) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4726: Something dug, a, source, of happiness, wisdom, progeny) is a righteous man צַ֝דִּ֗יק (ṣad·dîq) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 6662: Just, righteous who gives way מָ֣ט (māṭ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 4131: To waver, to slip, shake, fall to לִפְנֵֽי־ (lip̄·nê-) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 6440: The face the wicked. רָשָֽׁע׃ (rā·šā‘) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person Links Proverbs 25:26 NIVProverbs 25:26 NLT Proverbs 25:26 ESV Proverbs 25:26 NASB Proverbs 25:26 KJV Proverbs 25:26 BibleApps.com Proverbs 25:26 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 25:26 Chinese Bible Proverbs 25:26 French Bible Proverbs 25:26 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 25:26 Like a muddied spring and a polluted (Prov. 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