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Proverbs 25:26
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Proverbs 25:26
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
26 A trampled fountain or a polluted spring—[a]
a just person fallen before the wicked.
Footnotes
- 25:26 “Spring” is a common metaphor for source. The righteous should be a source of life for others. When they fail, it is as if a spring became foul and its water undrinkable. It is not clear whether the righteous person yielded to a scoundrel out of cowardice or was simply defeated by evil. The latter seems more likely, for other proverbs say the just person will never “fall” (lit., “be moved,” 10:30; 12:3). The fall, even temporary, of a righteous person is a loss of life for others.
Proverbs 25:26
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Proverbs 25:26
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain
are the righteous who give way before the wicked.
Proverbs 25:26
Common English Bible
Proverbs 25:26
Common English Bible
26 A righteous person giving in to the wicked
is like a contaminated spring or a polluted fountain.
Proverbs 25:26
New American Standard Bible
Proverbs 25:26
New American Standard Bible
26 Like a (A)trampled spring and a [a]polluted well,
So is a righteous person who gives way before the wicked.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:26 Lit ruined
Proverbs 25:26
New International Version
Proverbs 25:26
New International Version
26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted well
are the righteous who give way to the wicked.
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