And Cain told Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
Proverbs 25:26 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 As a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, So is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A righteous man falling down before the wicked Is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Like a muddied fountain and a polluted spring is a righteous man who yields, falls down, and compromises his integrity 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. Common English Bible A righteous person giving in to the wicked is like a contaminated spring or a polluted fountain. Catholic Public Domain Version The just falling down before the impious is like a fountain stirred up by feet and like a corrupted spring. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A just man falling down before the wicked, is as a fountain troubled with the foot, and a corrupted spring. |
And Cain told Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou wast likened unto a young lion of the nations: yet art thou as a dragon in the seas; and thou brakest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.
Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them which shewed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers;
who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drave out us, and please not God, and are contrary to all men;
And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I wondered with a great wonder.