Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Like a muddied spring and a polluted well, so is a righteous person 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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[Like] a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is the righteous who gives way before the wicked.
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.
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
Interlinear
Mowt
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 25:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
More Proverbs Of Solomon
25 Like cold water to a weary person, so is good news from a distant land. 26 Like a muddied spring and a polluted well, so is a righteous person who gives way before the wicked. 27 It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable for people to seek their own glory.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 4:8
Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field." While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
1 Samuel 22:14-18
Ahimelech replied to the king, "Who among all your servants is faithful like David? He is the king's son-in-law, the leader of your bodyguard, and honored in your house!
2 Chronicles 24:21-22
They plotted against him and by royal decree stoned him to death in the courtyard of the Lord's temple.
Ezekiel 32:2
"Son of man, sing a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him: "'You were like a lion among the nations, but you are a monster in the seas; you thrash about in your streams, stir up the water with your feet, and muddy your streams.
Ezekiel 34:18-19
Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture, that you must trample the rest of your pastures with your feet? When you drink clean water, must you muddy the rest of the water by trampling it with your feet?
Matthew 23:34-37
"For this reason I am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town,
Matthew 26:69-74
Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A slave girl came to him and said, "You also were with Jesus the Galilean."
Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They killed those who foretold long ago 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 persecuted us severely. They are displeasing to God and are opposed to all people,
Revelation 17:6
I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of those who testified to Jesus. I was greatly astounded when I saw her.