Proverbs 17:26
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.”
טוֹב
Taste and see. David does not say understand or agree — he says taste. Towb is goodness you experience, not just believe in. God's goodness is not a theological position. It is something you encounter when you draw near to Him.
עַל
is on
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עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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גַּם
also
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גַּם
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
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נָדִיב
noble people
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נָדִיב
properly, voluntary, i.e. generous; hence, magnanimous; as noun, a grandee (sometimes a tyrant)
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עָנַשׁ
to impose a fine
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עָנַשׁ
properly, to urge; by implication, to inflict apenalty, specifically, to fine
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יֹשֶׁר
uprightness
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יֹשֶׁר
the right
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