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. 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. 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. Contemporary English Version When a good person gives in to the wicked, it's like dumping garbage in a stream of clear water. Douay-Rheims Bible A just man falling down before the wicked, is as a fountain troubled with the foot, and a corrupted spring. 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. JPS Tanakh 1917 As a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, So is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked. Literal Standard Version A spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, | [Is] the righteous falling before the wicked. Majority Standard Bible Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked. New American Bible A trampled fountain or a polluted spring— a just person fallen before the wicked. NET Bible Like a muddied spring and a polluted well, so is a righteous person who gives way before the wicked. New Revised Standard Version Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain are the righteous who give 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. Young's Literal Translation A spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, Is the righteous falling before the wicked. 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 Ezekiel 32:2 "Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: 'You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churning up the waters with your feet and muddying the streams.' Ezekiel 34:18 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? Ezekiel 34:19 Why must My flock feed on what your feet have trampled, and drink what your feet have muddied?' 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 (26) A righteous man falling down before the wicked . . .--The mouth of the righteous was described (Proverbs 10:11) as a "well of life," from the comfort and refreshment it brings to the weary- through the just and kindly counsel it offers. But if the righteous man yields to the pressure put upon him by the wicked, and through fear or favour gives up his principles, then he can no longer give forth counsel out of a pure heart; he becomes like a fountain which has been fouled by the feet of cattle drinking at it (Ezekiel 34:18), and like a corrupted spring.Verse 26. - Hebrew (see on Ver. 11), A troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring - a righteous man giving way to the wicked. A good man neglecting to assert himself and to hold his own m the face of sinners, is as useless to society and as harmful to the good cause as a spring that has been defiled by mud stirred up or extraneous matter introduced is unserviceable for drinking and prejudicial to those who use it. The mouth of the righteous should be "a well of life" (Proverbs 10:11), wholesome, refreshing, helpful; his conduct should be consistent and straightforward, fearless in upholding the right (Isaiah 51:12, etc.), uncompromising in opposing sin. When such a man, for fear, or favour, or weakness, or weariness, yields to the wicked, compromises principle, no longer makes a stand for truth and purity and virtue, he loses his high character, brings a scandal on religion, and lowers his own spiritual nature. It is this moral cowardice which Christ so sternly rebukes (Matthew 10:33), "Whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven." Some have assumed that the gnome is concerned with a good man's fall into misfortune owing to the machinations of sinners; but in this case the comparison loses its force; such persecution would not disturb the purity or lower the character of the righteous man; it would rather enhance his good qualities, give occasion for their exercise and development, and therefore could not be described as fouling a pure spring. 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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