Proverbs 17:26

Authorized (King James) Version

²⁶Also to punish the just is not good,
nor to strike princes for equity.

Proverbs 17:26

New International Version

²⁶If imposing a fine on the innocent is not good,^(A)
surely to flog honest officials is not right.

⁵It is not good to accept the person of the wicked,
to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

⁵It is not good to be partial to the wicked^(A)
and so deprive the innocent of justice.^(B)

⁸The way of man is froward and strange:
but as for the pure, his work is right.

⁸The way of the guilty is devious,^(A)
but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

KJV reproduced by permission of Cambridge University Press, the Crown’s patentee in the UK.

New International Version (NIV)