Parallel Verses
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 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.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 17:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
How Fools Live
25
A foolish (stupid) son is a grief to his father and bitterness to his mother.
26
Nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.
Cross References
Proverbs 17:15
Justify the wicked or condemn the just. Both are abomination to Jehovah.
Proverbs 18:5
It is not good to accept the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
Genesis 18:25
Surely you would not do that! Would you slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked? Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
2 Samuel 3:23-25
Joab came back with the whole army. He was told: Ner's son Abner came to the king. However David dismissed him and Abner left peacefully.
2 Samuel 3:39
Today, even though I am the anointed king, these men, Zeruiah's sons, are too strong for me to control. May Jehovah repay these wicked men, as their evil deed deserves.
2 Samuel 16:7-8
Shimei cursed him and said: Get out! Get out you murderer!
2 Samuel 19:7
Now stand up! Go out there and thank them for what they did. If you do not, I swear by Jehovah you will not even have one man left on your side tomorrow morning. You may have had a lot of troubles in the past. But this will be the worst thing that has ever happened to you!
Job 34:18-19
Should anyone even say to a king: You good-for-nothing scoundrel! Or to nobles, you wicked people!
Micah 5:1
Now you will gather in troops, O daughter of troops! He has attacked us. They will strike the judge of Israel on the cheek with a rod.
John 18:22
When he said this one of the officers standing nearby struck Jesus with his hand, saying: You answer the high priest!