Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009) A righteous person who yields to the wicked is like a muddied spring or a polluted well. New American Standard Bible (©1995) Like a trampled spring and a polluted well Is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked. King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.) A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring. International Standard Version (©2012) A muddied spring or a polluted well� that's what a righteous person is who compromises with the wicked. King James 2000 Bible (©2003) A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a muddied fountain, and a polluted spring. American King James Version A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring. American Standard Version As a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring,'so is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked. Douay-Rheims Bible A just man falling down before the wicked, is as a fountain troubled with the foot, and a corrupted spring. Darby Bible Translation A troubled fountain, and a defiled well, is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked. English Revised Version As a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, so is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked. Webster's Bible Translation A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a turbid fountain, and a corrupt spring. World English Bible Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked. Young's Literal Translation A spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, Is the righteous falling before the wicked.
Ezekiel 32:2 Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers. Ezekiel 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 residue with your feet? Ezekiel 34:19 And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
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