Verse 26

Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is a righteous person who gives way before the wicked.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Som en forurenset kilde og en ødelagt brønn er den rettferdige som vender seg bort fra den onde.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  En rettferdig mann som faller for den onde er som en fordervet kilde og en forurenset brønn.

• Norsk King James

  En rettferdig mann som faller ned foran de onde, er som en kilde i uro, og en uren kilde.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Som en kilde forurenset av føtter og et skittent kildevell er en rettferdig som snubler foran en ugudelig.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Som en forurenset kilde eller en ødelagt brønn, er en rettferdig mann som faller for en ond.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  En rettferdig mann som faller for de ugudelige, er som en forstyrret kilde og en forurenset brønn.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  En rettferdig mann som bukker for de onde, er som en urolig kilde og en fordervet vår.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  En rettferdig mann som faller for de ugudelige, er som en forstyrret kilde og en forurenset brønn.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Som en grumset kilde og en forurenset brønn er en rettferdig mann som gir etter for en ugudelig.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Som en forurenset kilde og en fordervet brønn er en rettferdig som vakler for en ond.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  (Som) en Kilde, der er rørt (med Fødderne), og et fordærvet Kildevæld, (saa) er en Retfærdig, som snubler for en Ugudelig.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt sing.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  En rettferdig mann som faller for de onde er som en forurenset kilde og en ødelagt brønn.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  A righteous man who falters before the wicked is like a troubled fountain and a corrupt spring.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Som en mudret kilde og en forurenset brønn, slik er en rettferdig mann som gir etter for de onde.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Som en skitten kilde og en forurenset brønn er den rettferdige som vakler for de onde.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Som en forstyrret kilde og en forurenset vår, slik er en rettferdig mann som viker for de onde.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Som en forstyrret kilde og en dårlig brønn, er den rettferdige som gir etter for onde.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  A righteous man fallynge downe before the vngodly, is like a troubled well and a sprynge yt is destroyed.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  A righteous man falling downe before the wicked, is like a troubled well, & a corrupt spring.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  A righteous man fallyng downe before the vngodly, is like a troubled wel, and a spring that is corrupted.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, So is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  A spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, `Is' the righteous falling before the wicked.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  [ As] a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, [So is] a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Like a troubled fountain and a dirty spring, is an upright man who has to give way before evil-doers.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Like a muddied spring and a polluted well, so is a righteous person who gives way before the wicked.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 4:8 : 8 Cain said to his brother Abel, 'Let’s go out to the field.' While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
• 1 Sam 22:14-18 : 14 Ahimelech answered the king, 'Who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the king's son-in-law, captain of your bodyguard, and highly respected in your house?' 15 Was this the first time I inquired of God for him? Of course not! Far be it from me! Let not the king accuse me or any of my father's family, for your servant knows nothing about this whole affair—whether great or small.' 16 The king said, 'You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and your whole family.' 17 Then the king ordered the guards standing by him, 'Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, because they are allies of David. They knew he was fleeing but didn’t inform me.' But the king's servants were unwilling to raise their hands to strike the priests of the Lord. 18 The king then commanded Doeg, 'Turn and strike down the priests!' So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck them down. That day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.
• 2 Chr 24:21-22 : 21 But they conspired against him, and at the king's command, they stoned him to death in the courtyard of the house of the Lord. 22 King Joash did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah's father, had shown him but killed his son. As Zechariah was dying, he said, 'May the Lord see this and call you to account.'
• Ezek 32:2 : 2 Son of man, sing a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him, 'You consider yourself like a young lion among the nations, but you are like a sea monster in the seas; you thrash about in your rivers, stir the waters with your feet, and muddy their streams.'
• Ezek 34:18-19 : 18 Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pastures? Must you also trample the rest of your pastures with your feet? Is it not enough for you to drink the clear water? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet? 19 Must My flock feed on what you have trampled and drink what you have muddied with your feet?
• Matt 23:34-37 : 34 Therefore, look, I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town, 35 so that upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36 Truly, I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation. 37 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you! How often I have wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
• Matt 26:69-74 : 69 Meanwhile, Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a servant girl came up to him and said, "You also were with Jesus the Galilean." 70 But he denied it before them all, saying, "I do not know what you are talking about." 71 Then he went out to the gateway, where another servant girl saw him and said to those standing there, "This man was with Jesus of Nazareth." 72 And again he denied it with an oath: "I do not know the man!" 73 A little while later, those standing there approached Peter and said, "Surely you are one of them, for your accent gives you away." 74 Then Peter began to call down curses and swore to them, "I do not know the man!" Immediately, a rooster crowed.
• Acts 7:52 : 52 Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have betrayed and murdered him—
• 1 Thess 2:15 : 15 They killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and they drove us out. They do not please God and are hostile to everyone.
• Rev 17:6 : 6 I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her, I was utterly amazed.