Proverbs 25:26
Strong's Lexicon
Like a muddied
נִ֭רְפָּשׂ (nir·pāś)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7515: 1) to stamp, tread, foul by stamping or treading 1a) (Qal) to tread down, foul by treading, foul with the feet 1b) (Niphal) to be fouled

spring
מַעְיָ֣ן (ma‘·yān)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4599: 1) spring

or a polluted
מָשְׁחָ֑ת (mā·šə·ḥāṯ)
Verb - Hofal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7843: 1) to destroy, corrupt, go to ruin, decay 1a) (Niphal) to be marred, be spoiled, be corrupted, be corrupt, be injured, be ruined, be rotted 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to spoil, ruin 1b2) to pervert, corrupt, deal corruptly (morally) 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to spoil, ruin, destroy 1c2) to pervert, corrupt (morally) 1c3) destroyer (participle) 1d) (Hophal) spoiled, ruined (participle)

well
וּמָק֣וֹר (ū·mā·qō·wr)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4726: 1) spring, fountain 1a) spring 1a1) of source of life, joy, purification (fig.) 1b) of the eye (fig.) 1c) source (of menstruous blood) 1d) flow (of blood after child birth)

is a righteous man
צַ֝דִּ֗יק (ṣad·dîq)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6662: 1) just, lawful, righteous 1a) just, righteous (in government) 1b) just, right (in one's cause) 1c) just, righteous (in conduct and character) 1d) righteous (as justified and vindicated by God) 1e) right, correct, lawful

who gives way
מָ֣ט (māṭ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4131: 1) to totter, shake, slip 1a) (Qal) to totter, shake, slip 1b) (Niphal) to be shaken, be moved, be overthrown 1c) (Hiphil) to dislodge, let fall, drop 1d) (Hithpael) to be greatly shaken

to
לִפְנֵֽי־ (lip̄·nê-)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: 1) face 1a) face, faces 1b) presence, person 1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim) 1d) face (of animals) 1e) face, surface (of ground) 1f) as adv of loc/temp 1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before 1g) with prep 1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of

the wicked.
רָשָֽׁע׃ (rā·šā‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7563: 1) wicked, criminal 1a) guilty one, one guilty of crime (subst) 1b) wicked (hostile to God) 1c) wicked, guilty of sin (against God or man)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.

Young's Literal Translation
A spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, [Is] the righteous falling before the wicked.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A righteous person who yields to the wicked is like a muddied spring or a polluted well.

New American Standard Bible
[Like] a trampled spring and a polluted well Is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

King James Bible
A righteous man falling down before the wicked [is as] a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Like a muddied spring or a polluted well are the righteous who give way to the wicked.

New Living Translation
If the godly give in to the wicked, it's like polluting a fountain or muddying a spring.

English Standard Version
Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

New American Standard Bible
Like a trampled spring and a polluted well Is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

King James Bible
A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A righteous person who yields to the wicked is like a muddied spring or a polluted well.

International Standard Version
A muddied spring or a polluted well— that's what a righteous person is who compromises with the wicked.

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

American Standard Version
As a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring,'so is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.

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

Young's Literal Translation
A spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, Is the righteous falling before the wicked.
















Cross References
Ezekiel 32:2
Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.

Ezekiel 34:18
Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?

Ezekiel 34:19
And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 25:25
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

Proverbs 25:24
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

Proverbs 25:23
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

Proverbs 25:27
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

Proverbs 25:28
He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

Proverbs 26:1
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
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