26 It is also not good to (A)fine the righteous,
Nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.

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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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To (A)show partiality to the wicked is not good,
Nor to (B)suppress the righteous in judgment.

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It is not good to (A)be partial to[a] the wicked
    or to (B)deprive the righteous of justice.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 18:5 Hebrew to lift the face of

The way of a guilty person is (A)crooked,
But as for the pure, his conduct is upright.

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The way of the guilty (A)is crooked,
    but the conduct of the pure is upright.

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