Proverbs 17:26

Also to punish the righteous is not good, nor to flog officials for their integrity.

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WEBBE

Also to punish the righteous is not good, nor to flog officials for their integrity.

BSB

It is surely not good to punish the innocent or to flog a noble for his honesty.

KJV

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

ASV

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

BBE

To give punishment to the upright is not good, or to give blows to the noble for their righteousness.

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Matthew Henry · Verse 26

It is very wrong to find fault for doing what is duty.

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.