Proverbs 25:26

A righteous man falling downe before the wicked, is as a troubled fountaine, aud a corrupt spring.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

{Like} a trampled spring and a polluted well Is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

`As' a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, `So is' a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.
- American Standard Version (1901)

Like a troubled fountain and a dirty spring, is an upright man who has to give way before evil-doers.
- Basic English Bible

Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

A troubled fountain, and a defiled well, is a righteous [man] that giveth way before the wicked.
- Darby Bible

A just man falling down before the wicked, is as a fountain troubled with the foot, and a corrupted spring.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

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

Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
- World English Bible

Wesley's Notes for Proverbs 25:26

25:26 Falling - When righteous men are oppressed by the wicked, the state of that common - wealth is as deplorable, as if the publick fountains were corrupted.