KJV: A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
YLT: A spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, Is the righteous falling before the wicked.
Darby: A troubled fountain, and a defiled well, is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.
ASV: As a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring,'so is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.
מַעְיָ֣ן | [Is like] a spring |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: מַעְיָן Sense: spring. |
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נִ֭רְפָּשׂ | murky |
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Participle, masculine singular Root: רָפַשׂ Sense: to stamp, tread, foul by stamping or treading. |
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וּמָק֣וֹר | and a well |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular Root: מָקֹור Sense: spring, fountain. |
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מָשְׁחָ֑ת | Polluted |
Parse: Verb, Hofal, Participle, masculine singular Root: שָׁחַת Sense: to destroy, corrupt, go to ruin, decay. |
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צַ֝דִּ֗יק | a righteous [man] |
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular Root: צַדִּיק Sense: just, lawful, righteous. |
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מָ֣ט | who falters |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular Root: מֹוט Sense: to totter, shake, slip. |
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לִפְנֵֽי־ | before |
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct Root: לִפְנֵי Sense: face. |
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רָשָֽׁע | the wicked |
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular Root: רָשָׁע Sense: wicked, criminal. |