26 (A)To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good,
    nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.

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

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

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Do not put yourself forward in the king's presence
    or stand in the place of the great,
for (A)it is better to be told, “Come up here,”
    than to be put lower in the presence of a noble.

What your eyes have seen

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Do not exalt yourself in the king’s presence,
    and do not claim a place among his great men;
it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,”(A)
    than for him to humiliate you before his nobles.

What you have seen with your eyes

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Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:

For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.

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