A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Asa troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, So isa righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.
WEB
Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.
YLT
A spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, Is the righteous falling before the wicked.
DBT
A troubled fountain, and a defiled well, is a righteous [man] that giveth way before the wicked.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.