Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
Ezekiel 34:19 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) And must my sheep eat what you have trodden with your feet, and drink what you have fouled with your feet? Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And My flock, must they feed on what your feet have trodden and drink what your feet have fouled? American Standard Version (1901) And as for my sheep, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet. Common English Bible But now my flock must feed on what your feet have trampled and drink water that your feet have muddied. Catholic Public Domain Version And my sheep were pastured from what you had trampled with your feet, and they drank from what your feet had disturbed. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And my sheep were fed with that which you had trodden with your feet: and they drank what your feet had troubled. |
Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
As a pleasing odor I will accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples, and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered; and I will manifest my holiness among you in the sight of the nations.
Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pasture; and to drink of clear water, that you must foul the rest with your feet?
“Therefore, thus says the Lord God to them: Behold, I, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.