Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Also, imposing a fine on the righteous is not good, [nor] to flog nobles for uprightness.
New American Standard Bible
Nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.
King James Version
Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
Holman Bible
or to beat a noble for his honesty.
International Standard Version
Furthermore, it isn't good to fine the righteous, or to beat an official because of his uprightness.
A Conservative Version
Also to punish a righteous man is not good, [nor] to smite nobles for uprightness.
American Standard Version
Also to punish the righteous is not good, Nor to smite the noble for their uprightness.
Amplified
It is also not good to fine the righteous,
Nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.
Bible in Basic English
To give punishment to the upright is not good, or to give blows to the noble for their righteousness.
Darby Translation
To punish a righteous man is not good, nor to strike nobles because of their uprightness.
Julia Smith Translation
Also punishing to the just one is not good, to strike nobles for uprightness.
King James 2000
Also, to punish the just is not good, nor to flog princes for their integrity.
Modern King James verseion
And it is not good to punish the just, nor to strike princes for uprightness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
To punish the innocent, and to smite the princes that give true judgment, are both evil.
NET Bible
It is terrible to punish a righteous person, and to flog honorable men is wrong.
New Heart English Bible
Also to punish the righteous is not good, nor to flog officials for their integrity.
The Emphasized Bible
Surely, to chastise the righteous, is not good, to smite the noble-minded for equity.
Webster
Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
World English Bible
Also to punish the righteous is not good, nor to flog officials for their integrity.
Youngs Literal Translation
Also, to fine the righteous is not good, To smite nobles for uprightness.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 17:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
How Fools Live
25 A grief to his father [is] the child of a fool, and bitterness to her who bore him. 26 Also, imposing a fine on the righteous is not good, [nor] to flog nobles for uprightness. 27 He who spares his sayings knows knowledge, and a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
Cross References
Proverbs 17:15
He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous, the two of them [are] both abominations of Yahweh.
Proverbs 18:5
Being partial [to] faces of evil [is] not good, [nor] to subvert the righteous at the judgment.
Genesis 18:25
Far be it from you to do such a thing as this, to kill [the] righteous with [the] wicked, that the righteous would be as the wicked! Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do justice?"
2 Samuel 3:23-25
When Joab and all the army that [was] with him came, they told Joab, "Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he sent him away, and he left in peace."
2 Samuel 3:39
I [am] weak today even though anointed king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, [are] crueler than I [am]. May Yahweh pay them back for doing wickedness according to their [own] wickedness."
2 Samuel 16:7-8
Shimei said while cursing him, "Go out, go out, [you] {man of bloodshed}, [you] {man of wickedness}.
2 Samuel 19:7
So then, get up and go out and {speak kindly to your servants}, for I swear by Yahweh, if you do not go out, no man will lodge this night with you, and this disaster [will be] greater for you than any disaster that has come upon you from your childhood until now!"
Job 34:18-19
the one who says to a king, 'You worthless man,' to noblemen, 'You wicked man,'
Micah 5:1
Now muster troops, O daughter of troops; a siege he puts against us. They strike the ruler of Israel with a rod on the cheek.
John 18:22
Now [when] he had said these [things], one of the officers who was standing by gave a slap in the face to Jesus, saying, "Do you reply to the high priest in this way?"