Proverbs 25:26
A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
KJV
Fons turbatus pede et vena corrupta, justus cadens coram impio.
Vulgate
ὥσπερ εἴ τις πηγὴν φράσσοι καὶ ὕδατος ἔξοδον λυμαίνοιτο, οὕτως ἄκοσμον δίκαιον πεπτωκέναι ἐνώπιον ἀσεβοῦς.
LXX
Asa troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, So isa righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.
ASV
מַעְיָ֣ן נִ֭רְפָּשׂ וּ/מָק֣וֹר מָשְׁחָ֑ת צַ֝דִּ֗יק מָ֣ט לִ/פְנֵֽי רָשָֽׁע
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
הּ
h
verb · 147×
יִמּֽוֹט
ymvt
verb · 39×
מְק֣וֹר
mqvr
noun · 17×
מַעְיָ֣ן
m'yn
noun · 22×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
צַדִּ֑יק
tsdyq
adjective · 199×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
תִּרְפֹּ֖ס
trps
verb · 3×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 14:27 — But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; a
- 1Sam 22:14 — Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king’s son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?
- 1Thess 2:15 — Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:
- 2Pet 2:8 — (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
- Ezek 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 resi