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
And
Nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.
And he who has a
Cross References
Proverbs 17:15
Both of them alike are an abomination to the Lord.
Proverbs 18:5
Nor to
Genesis 18:25
Far be it from You to do
2 Samuel 3:23-25
When Joab and all the army that was with him arrived, they told Joab, saying, “Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has sent him away, and he has gone in peace.”
2 Samuel 3:39
I am
2 Samuel 16:7-8
Thus Shimei said when he cursed, “Get out, get out,
2 Samuel 19:7
Now therefore arise, go out and speak
Job 34:18-19
To nobles, ‘Wicked ones’;
Micah 5:1
With a rod they will
John 18:22
When He had said this, one of the