English Standard Version
Proverbs 25:26
26Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
Proverbs 25:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
- New International Version (NIV)Like a muddied spring or a polluted well are the righteous who give way to the wicked.
- New King James Version (NKJV)A righteous man who falters before the wicked Is like a murky spring and a polluted well.
- New Living Translation (NLT)If the godly give in to the wicked, it’s like polluting a fountain or muddying a spring.
Context of Proverbs 25:26
24It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife. 25Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked. 27It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it glorious to seek one's own glory. 28A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.
Read all of Proverbs 25Proverbs 25:26 word by word
מַעְיָ֣ן נִ֭רְפָּשׂ וּמָק֣וֹר מָשְׁחָ֑ת צַ֝דִּ֗יק מָ֣ט לִפְנֵֽי־רָשָֽׁע׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- A righteousצַדִּיקtsaddîyq · righteousH6662
- man falling downמוֹטmôţ · to shakeH4131
- beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
- the wickedרָשָׁעrâshâ‛ · wickedH7563
- a troubledרָפַשׂrâphaώ · to foulH7515
- fountainמַעְיָןma‛yân ma‛yenô ma‛yânâh · springH4599
- and a corruptשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
- springמָקוֹרmâqôr mâqôr · fountainH4726
Cross-references for Proverbs 25:26
- Genesis 4:8Cain spoke to Abel his brother. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
- 1 Samuel 22:14Then Ahimelech answered the king, "And who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and captain over your bodyguard, and honored in your house?
- 2 Chronicles 24:21But they conspired against him, and by command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the Lord.
- Matthew 23:34Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town,
- Matthew 26:69Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. And a servant girl came up to him and said, "You also were with Jesus the Galilean."
- Acts 7:52Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered,
- 1 Thessalonians 2:15who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and oppose all mankind
- Revelation 17:6And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints, the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her, I marveled greatly.
Commentaries on Proverbs 25:26
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26Falling down before - i. e., Yielding and cringing. To see this instead of stedfastness, is as grievous as for the traveler to find the spring at which he hoped to quench his thirst turbid and defiled.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26Verse 26 When the righteous are led into sin, it is as hurtful as if the public fountains were poisoned.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26A spring or fountain that provides fresh water gives life. When good people let the wicked control them, what was once life-giving becomes harmful.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. From troubled fountains and corrupt springs no healthy water is to be had, so when the righteous are oppressed by the wicked, their power for good is lessened or destroyed.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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