Proverbs 17:26

Holman Christian Standard Bible

²⁶It is certainly not good to fine an innocent person
or to beat a noble for his honesty.^[a]^(A)

Proverbs 17:26

Common English Bible

²⁶It isn’t good to punish the righteous,
to strike the honorable for their integrity.

⁵It is not good to show partiality to the guilty^(A)
by perverting the justice due the innocent.^(B)

⁵Favoring the wicked isn’t good;
it denies justice to the righteous.

⁸A guilty man’s conduct is crooked,^(A)
but the behavior of the innocent is upright.^(B)

⁸The ways of some people are twisted and strange,
but the behavior of those who do right is pure.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Common English Bible (CEB)