OET interlinear PRO 25:26

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

מַעְיָ֣ן נִ֭רְפָּשׂ וּ⁠מָק֣וֹר מָשְׁחָ֑ת צַ֝דִּ֗יק מָ֣ט לִ⁠פְנֵֽי־רָשָֽׁע

spring muddied and,well polluted law-abiding/just gives_way to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before wicked

If it would be helpful in your language, you could reverse the order of these clauses. Alternate translation: “A righteous one swaying before the face of a wicked one is a spring muddied by trampling and a fountain spoiled”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מַעְיָ֣ן נִ֭רְפָּשׂ וּ⁠מָק֣וֹר מָשְׁחָ֑ת

spring muddied and,well polluted

In this verse, Solomon speaks of a righteous one swaying before the face of a wicked one being bad as if that person were A spring muddied by trampling and a fountain spoiled. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile. Alternate translation: “Very bad” or “Like a spring muddied by trampling and a fountain spoiled”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

מַעְיָ֣ן נִ֭רְפָּשׂ וּ⁠מָק֣וֹר מָשְׁחָ֑ת

spring muddied and,well polluted

If your language does not use these passive forms, you could express the ideas in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “A spring someone muddied by trampling and a fountain someone spoiled”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

צַ֝דִּ֗יק & רָשָֽׁע

law-abiding/just & wicked

See how you translated a righteous one in [9:9](../09/09.md) and a wicked one in [9:7](../09/07.md).

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מָ֣ט

gives_way

Here, swaying refers to a righteous one yielding to the influence of a wicked one. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “who yields” or “who gives in”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לִ⁠פְנֵֽי

to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before

See how you translated the same use of before the face of in [14:19](../14/19.md).