“Far be it from You to act in this way, to slay the righteous with the wrong, so that the righteous should be as the wrong. Far be it from You! Does the Judge of all the earth not do right?”
Proverbs 17:26 - The Scriptures 2009 It is also not good to punish the righteous one, To strike noble ones for straightness. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Also to punish the just is not good, Nor to strike princes for equity. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Also, to punish or fine the righteous is not good, nor to smite the noble for their uprightness. American Standard Version (1901) Also to punish the righteous is not good, Nor to smite the noble for their uprightness. Common English Bible It isn’t good to punish the righteous, to strike the honorable for their integrity. Catholic Public Domain Version It is not good to inflict damage on the just, nor to strike the leader who judges uprightly. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version It is no good thing to do hurt to the just: nor to strike the prince, who judgeth right. |
“Far be it from You to act in this way, to slay the righteous with the wrong, so that the righteous should be as the wrong. Far be it from You! Does the Judge of all the earth not do right?”
“And now, arise, go out and speak to the heart of your servants. For I swear by יהוה, if you do not go out, not one passes the night with you. And that is worse for you than all the evil that has come upon you from your youth until now.”
“And I am weak today, though anointed sovereign. And these men, the sons of Tseruyah, are too harsh for me. Let יהוה repay the evil-doer according to his evil.”
He who declares the wrong right, And he who condemns the righteous, Both of them are an abomination to יהוה.
It is not good to show partiality to the wrong, Or to turn aside the righteous in right-ruling.
Now you are raided, O daughter of raiders, a siege has been laid against us. They strike the Judge of Yisra’ĕl with a rod on the cheek.
And when He had said this, one of the officers who stood by slapped יהושע in the face, saying, “Do You answer the high priest this way?”