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Proverbs 17:26
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It is wrong to punish the godly for being good or to flog leaders for being honest.
Also to punish the righteous is not good, [Nor] to smite the noble for [their] uprightness.
It is not good to punish the innocent or to beat leaders for being honest.
Also to punish the just [is] not good, [nor] to strike princes for equity.
Also to punish the righteous is not good, Nor to flog officials for their integrity.
It is also not good to fine the righteous, Nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.
To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.
It is not good to brynge in harm to a iust man; nether to smyte the prince that demeth riytfuli.
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.
It isn't fair to punish the innocent and those who do right.
Also to punish the righteous is not good, Nor to smite the noble for their uprightness.
To give punishment to the upright is not good, or to give blows to the noble for their righteousness.
To punish the innocent is not right, likewise to flog noble people for their uprightness.
To punish a righteous [man] is not good, nor to strike nobles because of [their] uprightness.
It is wrong to punish an innocent person or attack leaders for doing what is right.
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 good to punish those who are right with God, and it is wrong to beat men of honor for being faithful.
To impose a fine on the innocent is not right, or to flog the noble for their integrity.
Surely it is not good to condemne the iust, nor that ye princes should smite such for equitie.
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.
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 impose a fine on a righteous man is not good; to flog noble men is wrong.
Certaynely to condempne the iust is not good: nor to strike the gouernours whiche iudge rightly.
It is not right to punish a righteous man, nor is it holy to plot against righteous princes.
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.
Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
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.
Also, to fine the righteous is not good, To smite nobles for uprightness.
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.
Also, to punish the righteous is not good, Nor to strike princes for their uprightness.
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, just as the Lord had told him to do, and Lot went with him. (Now Abram was 75 years old when he departed from Haran.)
Abram bowed down with his face to the ground, and God said to him,
"As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations.
I keep your commands eagerly and without delay.
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.
