Verse List for PROV 25:26

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B I ◄ ← Prov 25:26 ↓ → ► ═ ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) A godly person giving in to someone wicked, ⇔ is like a spring that gets muddied, or a well that gets ruined.

OET-LV A _spring fouled and_a _fountain ruined a _righteous_person who_sways to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before a _wicked_person.

ULT A spring muddied by trampling and a fountain spoiled ⇔ is a righteous, one swaying to the face of a wicked, one.

UST When righteous people yield to wicked people, ⇔  it is as bad as a spring that people have made murky by walking in it or as bad as a polluted fountain.

BSB & MSB Like a muddied spring or a polluted well ⇔  is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

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

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

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

FBV Good people who give in to the wicked are like a muddied spring or a polluted well.

T4T ⇔  When a righteous/good person ◄gives in/yields► to wicked people, ⇔  that is as bad as [SIM] a spring that becomes muddied or a fountain that becomes polluted.

LEB • Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain
• is the righteous who gives 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.

Moff A fountain fouled, a spring bemired-- ⇔  so is a good man yielding to the wicked.

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

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

DRA A just man falling down before the wicked, is as a fountain troubled with the foot, and a corrupted spring.

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

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

RV As a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, so is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.
(As a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, so is a righteous man that giveth/gives way before the wicked.)

SLT A fountain trampled down, and a fountain corrupted, the just one turned aside before the unjust one.

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

KJB-1769 A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

KJB-1611 A righteous man falling downe before the wicked, is as a troubled fountaine, aud a corrupt spring.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps A righteous man fallyng downe before the vngodly, is like a troubled wel, and a spring that is corrupted.
(A righteous man falling down before the ungodly, is like a troubled well, and a spring that is corrupted.)

Gnva A righteous man falling downe before the wicked, is like a troubled well, and a corrupt spring.
(A righteous man falling down before the wicked, is like a troubled well, and a corrupt spring.)

Cvdl A righteous man fallynge downe before the vngodly, is like a troubled well and a sprynge yt is destroyed.
(A righteous man falling down before the ungodly, is like a troubled well and a spring it is destroyed.)

Wycl A welle disturblid with foot, and a veyne brokun, a iust man fallinge bifore a wickid man.
(A well disturbed with foot, and a vain broken, a just man falling before a wicked man.)

Luth Ein Gerechter, der vor einem GOttlosen fällt, ist wie ein trüber Brunnen und verderbte Quelle.
(A righteous_(one), the/of_the before/in_front_of on godless_one(s) falls, is as/like a cloudyr spring(n) and corruptede source/spring(n).)

ClVg Fons turbatus pede et vena corrupta, justus cadens coram impio.[fn]
(Source/Spring troubled foot and vena corrupted, just falling before impious/ungodly.)

UHB מַעְיָ֣ן נִ֭רְפָּשׂ וּ⁠מָק֣וֹר מָשְׁחָ֑ת צַ֝דִּ֗יק מָ֣ט לִ⁠פְנֵֽי־רָשָֽׁע׃ ‡

BrLXX Ὥσπερ εἴ τις πηγὴν φράσσοι καὶ ὕδατος ἔξοδον λυμαίνοιτο, οὕτως ἄκοσμον δίκαιον πεπτωκέναι ἐνώπιον ἀσεβοῦς.

BrTr 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.