Proverbs 17:26 - Revised Standard Version CI

²⁶ To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good; to flog noble men is wrong.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ Also to punish the just is not good, Nor to strike princes for equity.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ Also, to punish or fine the righteous is not good, nor to smite the noble for their uprightness.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ Also to punish the righteous is not good, Nor to smite the noble for their uprightness.

Common English Bible

²⁶ It isn’t good to punish the righteous, to strike the honorable for their integrity.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ 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

²⁶ It is no good thing to do hurt to the just: nor to strike the prince, who judgeth right.

Proverbs 17:26 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 18:25

Far be it from thee to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from thee! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”

2 Samuel 19:7

Now therefore arise, go out and speak kindly to your servants; for I swear by the Lord, if you do not go, not a man will stay with you this night; and this will be worse for you than all the evil that has come upon you from your youth until now.”

2 Samuel 3:39

And I am this day weak, though anointed king; these men the sons of Zeruiah are too hard for me. The Lord requite the evildoer according to his wickedness!”

Proverbs 17:15

He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord.

Proverbs 18:5

It is not good to be partial to a wicked man, or to deprive a righteous man of justice.

Micah 5:1

Now you are walled about with a wall; siege is laid against us; with a rod they strike upon the cheek the ruler of Israel.

John 18:22

When he had said this, one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying, “Is that how you answer the high priest?”