Proverbs 25:26
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.
In context
24 Better to live on a corner of the roof than to 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 or to search out one’s own glory.
28 Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.
Proverbs 25:26 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.
- KJV King James Version
- A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
- WEB World English Bible
- Like a muddied spring and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
- ASV American Standard Version
- As a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, So is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- A spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, [Is] the righteous falling before the wicked.
- DBY Darby Translation
- A troubled fountain, and a defiled well, is a righteous [man] that giveth way before the wicked.
- WBS Webster Bible
- A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a turbid fountain, and a corrupt spring.