Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
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Gill's Exposition
Also to punish the just is not good,.... It is evil, and an abomination to the Lord, Pro 17:15. Evildoers indeed should be punished; but to punish the righteous also, as well as them, is far from…
Barnes' Notes
Nor to strike ... - Better, and to strike the noble (in character rather than in rank) is against right. Compare Joh 18:28.
Matthew Henry
In differences that happen between magistrates and subjects, and such differences often arise, 1. Let magistrates see to it that they never punish the just, that they be in no case a terror to good…
Cambridge Bible
Also beside other things that are "not good"; as "also" is used in Pro 19:2.
punish Lit. mulct, or (as R.V. marg.) fine.
strike i.e. inflict the severer punishment of scourging. Deu 25:1-3.
princes…
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