Proverbs 17:26

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

גַּם עֲנוֹשׁ לַצַּדִּיק לֹּא־טוֹב לְהַכּוֹת נְדִיבִים עַל־יֹשֶׁר

Transliteration

Also 'ănôš to ṣaddîq not-ṭôb to hakkôt nədîbîm upon-yōšer

Grammar Details

• *gam*: particle - also/even
• *'ănôš*: infinitive absolute, Qal - fining/punishing
• *la-ṣaddîq*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - the righteous
• *lō*: negative particle - not
• *ṭôb*: adjective, masculine singular - good
• *lə-hakkôt*: preposition + infinitive construct, Hiphil - to strike
• *nədîbîm*: noun, masculine plural - nobles
• *'al-yōšer*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - because of uprightness

Word Meanings

• *'ănôš*: fining/punishing/penalizing
• *ṣaddîq*: righteous person/just one
• *ṭôb*: good/right/proper
• *hakkôt*: to strike/to beat/to hit
• *nədîbîm*: nobles/princes/generous ones
• *yōšer*: uprightness/integrity/honesty

Referenced Verses

• Prov 17:15 : 15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
• Prov 18:5 : 5 To respect the person of the wicked is not good, [Nor] to turn aside the righteous in judgment.
• Mic 5:1 : 1 Now shalt thou gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us; they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
• John 18:22 : 22 And when he had said this, one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?
• Gen 18:25 : 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from thee: shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
• 2 Sam 3:23-25 : 23 When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace. 24 Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone? 25 Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.
• 2 Sam 3:39 : 39 And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah are too hard for me: Jehovah reward the evil-doer according to his wickedness.
• 2 Sam 16:7-8 : 7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Begone, begone, thou man of blood, and base fellow: 8 Jehovah hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and Jehovah hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son; and, behold, thou art [taken] in thine own mischief, because thou art a man of blood.
• 2 Sam 19:7 : 7 Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants; for I swear by Jehovah, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry a man with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that hath befallen thee from thy youth until now.
• Job 34:18-19 : 18 [Him] that saith to a king, [Thou art] vile, [Or] to nobles, [Ye are] wicked; 19 That respecteth not the persons of princes, Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor; For they all are the work of his hands.