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26 To punish an innocent person is not good.
To strike down noble people is not right.

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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 brag about yourself in front of a king
or stand in the spot that belongs to notable people,
because it is better to be told, “Come up here,”
than to be put down in front of a prince
whom 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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