Proverbs 17:26
KonteksNETBible | It is terrible 1 to punish 2 a righteous person, and to flog 3 honorable men is wrong. 4 |
NASB © biblegateway Pro 17:26 |
It is also not good to fine the righteous, Nor to strike the noble for their uprightness. |
HCSB | It is certainly not good to fine an innocent person, or to beat a noble for his honesty. |
LEB | To punish an innocent person is not good. To strike down noble people is not right. |
NIV © biblegateway Pro 17:26 |
It is not good to punish an innocent man, or to flog officials for their integrity. |
ESV | To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness. |
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 17:26 |
To impose a fine on the innocent is not right, or to flog the noble for their integrity. |
REB | To punish the innocent is not right, and it is wrong to inflict blows on those of noble mind. |
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 17:26 |
Also, to punish the righteous is not good, Nor to strike princes for their uprightness. |
KJV | Also to punish the just [is] not good, [nor] to strike princes for equity. |
[+] Bhs. Inggris
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NASB © biblegateway Pro 17:26 |
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HEBREW |
NETBible | It is terrible 1 to punish 2 a righteous person, and to flog 3 honorable men is wrong. 4 |
NET Notes |
1 tn Heb “not good.” This is an example of tapeinosis – an understatement that implies the worst-case scenario: “it is terrible.” 2 tn 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. 3 tn 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. 4 tn Heb “[is] against uprightness.” The expression may be rendered “contrary to what is right.” 4 sn 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. |