Proverbs 25:26
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.

Young's Literal Translation
A spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, [Is] the righteous falling before the wicked.

King James Bible
A righteous man falling down before the wicked [is as] a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

Hebrew
Like a muddied
נִ֭רְפָּשׂ (nir·pāś)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7515: To trample, roil water

spring
מַעְיָ֣ן (ma‘·yān)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4599: A fountain, a source

or a polluted
מָשְׁחָ֑ת (mā·šə·ḥāṯ)
Verb - Hofal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7843: Perhaps to go to ruin

well
וּמָק֣וֹר (ū·mā·qō·wr)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4726: Something dug, a, source, of happiness, wisdom, progeny)

is a righteous man
צַ֝דִּ֗יק (ṣad·dîq)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6662: Just, righteous

who gives way
מָ֣ט (māṭ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 4131: To waver, to slip, shake, fall

to
לִפְנֵֽי־ (lip̄·nê-)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

the wicked.
רָשָֽׁע׃ (rā·šā‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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