Proverbs 25:26
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25:26Like a muddied55 spring and a polluted56 well,
so is a righteous person who gives way57 before the wicked.
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- 55 The Niphal participle is from רָפַס (rafas), which means “to stamp; to tread; to foul by treading [or, by stamping].” 952 defines it here as a “fountain befouled.” The picture is one of a spring of water where men and beasts gather and muddy it by their trampling in and out of it.
- 56 The Hophal participle from שָׁחַת (shakhat, “to ruin; to destroy; to corrupt”) provides a general description—the well has been “ruined” or “corrupted” (so ) and is therefore unusable.
- 57 The verb מָט (mat) means “to give way; to move.” This probably refers to the integrity of the righteous being lost—comparing it to moving [off course]. T. T. Perowne writes, “To see a righteous man moved from his steadfastness through fear or favour in the presence of the wicked is as disheartening as to find the stream turbid and defiled at which you were longing to quench your thirst” (Proverbs, ). But the line may refer to the loss of social standing and position by the righteous due to the plots of the wicked—just as someone muddied the water, someone made the righteous slip from his place.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain
is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Like a muddied spring or a polluted well
are the righteous who give way to the wicked.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
A righteous person who yields to the wicked
is like a muddied spring or a polluted well.
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NLTNew Living Translation
If the godly give in to the wicked,
it’s like polluting a fountain or muddying a spring.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain
is the righteous who gives way before the wicked.
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KJV 1900King James Version
A righteous man falling down before the wicked
Is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
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