Proverbs 25:26 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

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

KJV:

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

ASV:

As a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring,'so is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.

BBE:

Like a troubled fountain and a dirty spring, is an upright man who has to give way before evil-doers.

DBY:

A troubled fountain, and a defiled well, is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.

ERV:

As a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, so is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.

JPS:

As a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, so is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.

WBS:

A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a turbid fountain, and a corrupt spring.

WEB:

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

YLT:

A spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, Is the righteous falling before the wicked.

Proverbs 25:26 Cross References

XREF:

Ezekiel 32:2 "Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him, 'You compared yourself to a young lion of the nations, Yet you are like the monster in the seas; And you burst forth in your rivers And muddied the waters with your feet And fouled their rivers.'"

Ezekiel 34:18 'Is it too slight a thing for you that you should feed in the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pastures? Or that you should drink of the clear waters, that you must foul the rest with your feet?

Ezekiel 34:19 'As for My flock, they must eat what you tread down with your feet and drink what you foul with your feet!'" (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

25:26 Falling - When righteous men are oppressed by the wicked, the state of that common - wealth is as deplorable, as if the publick fountains were corrupted.

MHC:

25:19. Confidence in an unfaithful man is painful and vexatious; when we put any stress on him, he not only fails, but makes us feel for it. 20. We take a wrong course if we think to relieve those in sorrow by endeavouring to make them merry. 21,22. The precept to love even our enemies is an Old Testament commandment. Our Saviour has shown his own great example in loving us when we were enemies. 23. Slanders would not be so readily spoken, if they were not readily heard. Sin, if it receives any check, becomes cowardly. 24. It is better to be alone, than to be joined to one who is a hinderance to the comfort of life. 25. Heaven is a country afar off; how refreshing is good news from thence, in the everlasting gospel, which signifies glad tidings, and in the witness of the Spirit with our spirits that we are God's children! 26. When the righteous are led into sin, it is as hurtful as if the public fountains were poisoned. 27. We must be, through grace, dead to the pleasures of sense, and also to the praises of men. 28. The man who has no command over his anger, is easily robbed of peace. Let us give up ourselves to the Lord, and pray him to put his Spirit within us, and cause us to walk in his statutes.

CONC:

Corrupt Corrupted Defiled Dirty Evil-doers Falling Fountain Gives Giveth Muddied Polluted Righteous Spring Trampled Troubled Turbid Upright Wicked

Corrupt Corrupted Defiled Dirty Evil-Doers Falling Fountain Gives Muddied Polluted Righteous Spring Trampled Troubled Turbid Upright Way Wicked

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