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Proverbs 17:26

NETBible	It is terrible¹ to punish² a righteous person, and to flog³ honorable men is wrong.⁴
NIV © biblegateway Pro 17:26	It is not good to punish an innocent man, or to flog officials for their integrity.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 17:26	It is also not good to fine the righteous, Nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 17:26	It is wrong to fine the godly for being good or to punish nobles for being honest!
MSG © biblegateway Pro 17:26	It's wrong to penalize good behavior, or make good citizens pay for the crimes of others.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 17:26	To give punishment to the upright is not good, or to give blows to the noble for their righteousness.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 17:26	To impose a fine on the innocent is not right, or to flog the noble for their integrity.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 17:26	Also, to punish the righteous is not good, Nor to strike princes for their uprightness.
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KJV	Also to punish <06064> (8800) the just <06662> [is] not good <02896>_, [nor] to strike <05221> (8687) princes <05081> for equity <03476>_.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 17:26	It is also <01571> not good <02896> to fine <06064> the righteous <06662> , Nor to strike <05221> the noble <05081> for their uprightness <03476> .
LXXM	zhmioun <2210> V-PAN andra <435> N-ASM dikaion <1342> A-ASM ou <3364> ADV kalon <2570> A-NSN oude <3761> CONJ osion <3741> A-ASM epibouleuein {V-PAN} dunastaiv <1413> N-DPM dikaioiv <1342> A-DPM
NET [draft] ITL	It is terrible <02896> <03808> to punish <06064> a righteous <06662> person, and to flog <05221> honorable men <05081> is wrong <03476> .
HEBREW	rsy <03476> le <05921> Mybydn <05081> twkhl <05221> bwj <02896> al <03808> qydul <06662> swne <06064> Mg (17:26) <01571>

NETBible

It is terrible¹ to punish² a righteous person, and to flog³ honorable men is wrong.⁴

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “not good.” This is an example of tapeinosis – an understatement that implies the worst-case scenario: “it is terrible.”

²tn The verb עָנַשׁ, here a Qal infinitive construct, properly means “to fine” (cf. NAB, NRSV, NLT) but is taken here to mean “to punish” in general. The infinitive functions as the subject of the clause.

³tn The form is the Hiphil infinitive construct from נָכָה (nakhah, “to strike; to smite”). It may well refer to public beatings, so “flog” is used in the translation, since “strike” could refer to an individual’s action and “beat” could be taken to refer to competition.

⁴tn Heb “[is] against uprightness.” The expression may be rendered “contrary to what is right.”

⁴sn The two lines could be synonymous parallelism; but the second part is being used to show how wrong the first act would be – punishing the righteous makes about as much sense as beating an official of the court for doing what is just.