The Meaning of Proverbs 17:26 Explained

Proverbs 17:26

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

YLT: Also, to fine the righteous is not good, To smite nobles for uprightness.

Darby: To punish a righteous man is not good, nor to strike nobles because of their uprightness.

ASV: Also to punish the righteous is not good, Nor to smite the noble for their uprightness.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Proverbs 17:26 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 17

1  Contrasts between the Righteous and the Wicked

What do the individual words in Proverbs 17:26 mean?

Also to punish the righteous not [is] good [Nor] to strike princes for [their] uprightness
גַּ֤ם עֲנ֣וֹשׁ לַצַּדִּ֣יק לֹא־ ט֑וֹב לְהַכּ֖וֹת נְדִיבִ֣ים עַל־ יֹֽשֶׁר

גַּ֤ם  Also 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
עֲנ֣וֹשׁ  to  punish 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: עֲנוּשִׁים 
Sense: to fine, amerce, punish, condemn, mulct.
לַצַּדִּ֣יק  the  righteous 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: צַדִּיק  
Sense: just, lawful, righteous.
ט֑וֹב  [is]  good 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: טָבַב 
Sense: good, pleasant, agreeable.
לְהַכּ֖וֹת  [Nor]  to  strike 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: נָכָה  
Sense: to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill.
נְדִיבִ֣ים  princes 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: נָדִיב  
Sense: inclined, willing, noble, generous.
יֹֽשֶׁר  [their]  uprightness 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄשֶׁר  
Sense: straightness, uprightness.