Proverbios 17:26

26 Ciertamente no es bueno multar al justo, ni golpear a los nobles por su rectitud.

Proverbios 17:26 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 17:26

Also to punish the just [is] not good
It is evil, and an abomination to the Lord, ( Proverbs 17:15 ) . Evildoers indeed should be punished; but to punish the righteous also, as well as them, is far from being commendable; [nor] to strike princes for equity:
to strike princes, judges, civil magistrates, for doing the duty of their place and office, for doing that which is just and equitable among men, is very criminal, who ought to be encouraged and supported therein. Or it may be rendered, nor "that princes should strike for [that which is] right" ^F2 or cause men to be stricken, scourged, and whipped for doing well. The Targum is,

``nor to smite the righteous, who say right things;''

and so the Syriac version renders it, "righteous ones"; and the word signifies ingenuous liberal persons, good men, such as princes are or ought to be; and who should neither be stricken in the due discharge of their office, nor strike others that do well.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 (rvwy le Mybydn twkhl) "principes percuiere ob rectitudinem", Mercerus; "propter recta facta", Piscator, Gataker.

Proverbios 17:26 In-Context

24 En presencia del que tiene entendimiento está la sabiduría, pero los ojos del necio están en los extremos de la tierra.

25 El hijo necio es pesadumbre de su padre, y amargura para la que lo dio a luz.

26 Ciertamente no es bueno multar al justo, ni golpear a los nobles por su rectitud.

27 El que retiene sus palabras tiene conocimiento, y el de espíritu sereno es hombre entendido.

28 Aun el necio, cuando calla, es tenido por sabio, cuando cierra los labios, por prudente.