Proverbs 17:26
Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
KJV
Non est bonum damnum inferre justo, nec percutere principem qui recta judicat.
Vulgate
ζημιοῦν ἄνδρα δίκαιον οὐ καλόν, οὐδὲ ὅσιον ἐπιβουλεύειν δυνάσταις δικαίοις.
LXX
Also to punish the righteous is not good, Norto smite the noble fortheiruprightness.
ASV
גַּ֤ם עֲנ֣וֹשׁ לַ/צַּדִּ֣יק לֹא ט֑וֹב לְ/הַכּ֖וֹת נְדִיבִ֣ים עַל יֹֽשֶׁר
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
יֹֽשֶׁר
yshr
noun · 14×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 499×
נֶעֱנָֽשׁוּ
n'nshv
verb · 9×
נָדִ֑יב
ndyb
noun · 28×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
צַדִּ֑יק
tsdyq
adjective · 199×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Sam 3:39 — And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.
- Gen 18:25 — That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do rig
- Job 34:18 — Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?
- Job 34:18 — Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?
- John 18:22 — And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?
- Mic 5:1 — Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
- Prov 17:15 — He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
- Prov 18:5 — It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.