“Fons turbatus pede et vena corrupta, justus cadens coram impio.”
“A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.”
“Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.”
“Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.”
“As a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, So is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.”
Falling into disgrace, or sin, occasions the wicked to exult, as if there were no God or religion. (Calmet)
19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
“And Cain said to Abel his brother: Let us go forth abroad. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and slew him.”