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Proverbs 17:26
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To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.
Surely it is not good to condemne the iust, nor that ye princes should smite such for equitie.
It is certainly not good to fine an innocent personor to beat a noble for his honesty.
Also to punish the righteous is not good, Nor to flog officials for their integrity.
It is wrong to punish an innocent person or attack leaders for doing what is right.
It is also not good to fine the righteous, Nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.
Also to punish the righteous is not good, Nor to smite the noble for their uprightness.
It isn't fair to punish the innocent and those who do right.
To punish the innocent is not right, likewise to flog noble people for their uprightness.
To punish also the righteous is not good, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.
Also to punish the iust is not good, nor to strike princes for equitie.
It is not right to punish a righteous man, nor is it holy to plot against righteous princes.
Also to punish the righteous is not good, nor to smite the noble for their uprightness.
It is surely not good to punish the innocent or to flog a noble for his honesty.
Also, imposing a fine on the righteous is not good, nor to flog nobles for uprightness.
And it is not good to punish the just, to strike leaders for uprightness.
It is terrible to punish a righteous person, and to flog honorable men is wrong.
Also, to punish the righteous is not good, Nor to strike princes for their uprightness.
It is wrong to punish the godly for being good or to flog leaders for being honest.
It is not good to punish those who are right with God, and it is wrong to beat men of honor for being faithful.
Surely, to chastise the righteous, is not good, to smite the noble-minded for equity.
It is no good thing to do hurt to the just: nor to strike the prince, who judgeth right.
To punish the just is not good, nor to scourge the righteous men who speak the truth.
It is not right to make an innocent person pay a fine; justice is perverted when good people are punished.
It is also not good to fine the righteous, Nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.
Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
Certaynely to condempne the iust is not good: nor to strike the gouernours whiche iudge rightly.
To impose a fine on the innocent is not right, or to flog the noble for their integrity.
To punish a righteous [man] is not good, nor to strike nobles because of [their] uprightness.
It is not good to brynge in harm to a iust man; nether to smyte the prince that demeth riytfuli.
Also, to fine the righteous is not good, To smite nobles for uprightness.
Also to punish the righteous is not good, Nor to flog officials for their integrity.
To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good; to flog noble men is wrong.
Also to punish the righteous is not good, [Nor] to smite the noble for [their] uprightness.
Also to punish the just [is] not good, [nor] to strike princes for equity.
To give punishment to the upright is not good, or to give blows to the noble for their righteousness.
To punysh ye innocent, and to smyte ye prynces yt geue true iudgmet, are both euell.
It's wrong to penalize good behavior, or make good citizens pay for the crimes of others.
It is also not good to fine the righteous, Nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.
It is also not good to punish the righteous,Nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
to punish: Proverbs 17:15, Proverbs 18:5, Genesis 18:25
to strike: 2 Samuel 3:23-25, 2 Samuel 3:39, 2 Samuel 16:7, 2 Samuel 16:8, 2 Samuel 19:7, Job 34:18, Job 34:19, Micah 5:1, John 18:22
Reciprocal: Nehemiah 5:9 - It is not Jeremiah 37:18 - General
Cross-References
So Abram left Haran as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. At this time Abram was 75 years old.
Then Abram bowed facedown on the ground. God said to him,
"I am making my agreement with you: I will make you the father of many nations.
I hurried and did not wait to obey your commands.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Also to punish the just [is] not good,.... It is evil, and an abomination to the Lord, Proverbs 17:15. Evildoers indeed should be punished; but to punish the righteous also, as well as them, is far from being commendable;
[nor] to strike princes for equity: to strike princes, judges, civil magistrates, for doing the duty of their place and office, for doing that which is just and equitable among men, is very criminal, who ought to be encouraged and supported therein. Or it may be rendered, nor "that princes should strike for [that which is] right" b or cause men to be stricken, scourged, and whipped for doing well. The Targum is,
"nor to smite the righteous, who say right things;''
and so the Syriac version renders it, "righteous ones"; and the word signifies ingenuous liberal persons, good men, such as princes are or ought to be; and who should neither be stricken in the due discharge of their office, nor strike others that do well.
b להכות נדיבים על יושר "principes percuiere ob rectitudinem", Mercerus; "propter recta facta", Piscator, Gataker.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Nor to strike ... - Better, and to strike the noble (in character rather than in rank) is against right. Compare John 18:28.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 17:26. Nor to strike princes for equity. — To fall out with the ruler of the people, and to take off his head under pretence of his not being a just or equitable governor, is unjust. To kill a king on the ground of justice is a most dreadful omen to any land. Where was it ever done, that it promoted the public prosperity? No experiment of this kind has ever yet succeeded, howsoever worthless the king might be.
