Proverbs 17:26

Also beside other things that are "not good"; as "also" is used in Proverbs 19:2.

punish Lit. mulct, or (as R.V. marg.) fine.

strike i.e. inflict the severer punishment of scourging. Deuteronomy 25:1-3.

princes Rather, the noble, R.V. The Heb. word properly denotes character, liberal, free-handed (Gesen. Lex. s.v.), and so comes to be applied to rank or office. See Proverbs 19:6, where the same word is rendered the prince, A.V., but, in keeping with the parallelism, the liberal man, R.V. text. For illustration of the proverb comp. John 18:23.