Proverbs 25:26
What does Proverbs 25:26 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 25:26 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Asa troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, So isa righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.
KJV
King James Version · 1611A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Asa troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, So isa righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Like a troubled fountain and a dirty spring, is an upright man who has to give way before evil-doers.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862A spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, <FI>Is<Fi> the righteous falling before the wicked.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752A just man falling down before the wicked, is as a fountain troubled with the foot and a corrupted spring.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890A troubled fountain, and a defiled well, is a righteous [man] that giveth way before the wicked.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 23:34
Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them shall ye kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city:
- 1 Samuel 22:14
Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who among all thy servants is so faithful as David, who is the king’s son-in-law, and is taken into thy council, and is honorable in thy house?
- 1 Thessalonians 2:15
who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove out us, and please not God, and are contrary to all men;
- Ezekiel 34:18
Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have fed upon the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture? and to have drunk of the clear waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?
- Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them that showed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers;
- Matthew 26:69
Now Peter was sitting without in the court: and a maid came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus the Galilæan.
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