Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
And it is not good to punish the just, nor to strike princes 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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Also, imposing a fine on the righteous is not good, [nor] to flog nobles 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.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 17:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
How Fools Live
25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him. 26 And it is not good to punish the just, nor to strike princes for uprightness. 27 He who has knowledge uses few words; a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
Cross References
Proverbs 17:15
He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, even both of them are hateful to Jehovah.
Proverbs 18:5
It is not good to favor the person of the wicked, nor to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
Genesis 18:25
Far be it from You to act in this manner, to kill the righteous with the wicked. And far be it from You, that the righteous should be as the wicked. Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
2 Samuel 3:23-25
And Joab and all the army with him came, and they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has sent him away, and he has gone in peace.
2 Samuel 3:39
And I am weak this day, though anointed king. And these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too hard for me. Jehovah shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.
2 Samuel 16:7-8
And Shimei said this in his cursing, Go out, O man of blood, O man of Belial.
2 Samuel 19:7
And now get up and go out. Speak to the heart of your servants. For I swear by Jehovah if you do not go out, not a man shall stay with you tonight. And that will be worse to you than all the evil which has come to you from your youth until now.
Job 34:18-19
Who says to a king, O worthless one; and to nobles, O evil one?
Micah 5:1
Now gather yourself in troops, daughter of a troop; one sets a siege against us; they shall strike the Judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek.
John 18:22
And when He had spoken this way, one of the officers who stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Do you answer the high priest so?