26Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.


In Context

23 As a north wind brings rain, so a sly tongue brings angry looks.

24 Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

25 Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.

26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.

27 It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor.

28 Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who lacks self-control.

Proverbs 25:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:26A righteous man falling down before the wicked [is as] a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

25:26A just man falling down before the wicked, is as a fountain troubled with the foot, and a corrupted spring.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

25:26As a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring,'so is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:26A troubled fountain, and a defiled well, is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

25:26As a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, so is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:26A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a turbid fountain, and a corrupt spring.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:26Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

25:26A spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, Is the righteous falling before the wicked.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:26A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.