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


In Context

23 A north wind bringeth forth rain, And a secret tongue — indignant faces.

24 Better to sit on a corner of a roof, Than with a woman of contentions, and a house of company.

25 As cold waters for a weary soul, So is a good report from a far country.

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

27 The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one's own honour — honour.

28 A city broken down without walls, Is a man without restraint over his spirit!

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

25:26Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.

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 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.