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

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

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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 the guilty is devious,(A)
    but the conduct of the innocent 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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