Proverbs 17:26 | |
NASB: It is also not good to fine the righteous, [Nor] to strike the noble for [their] uprightness. (NASB ©1995) GWT: To punish an innocent person is not good. To strike down noble people is not right. (GOD'S WORD®) 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. DBY: To punish a righteous man is not good, nor to strike nobles because of their uprightness. JPS: To punish also the righteous is not good, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness. WBS: Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity. WEB: Also to punish the righteous is not good, nor to flog officials for their integrity. YLT: Also, to fine the righteous is not good, To smite nobles for uprightness. | |
| GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of God's Word to the Nations. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All rights reserved. New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. | |