26 Also to punish the righteous is not good, Nor to smite the noble for their uprightness.
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 17:26. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
גַּ֤ם עֲנ֣וֹשׁ לַצַּדִּ֣יק לֹא־ט֑וֹב לְהַכּ֖וֹת נְדִיבִ֣ים עַל־יֹֽשֶׁר׃
עֲנ֣וֹשׁ
לַצַּדִּ֣יק
לְהַכּ֖וֹת
נְדִיבִ֣ים
עַל
Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported
Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.
Ζημιοῦν ἄνδρα δίκαιον οὐ καλὸν, οὐδὲ ὅσιον ἐπιβουλεύειν δυνάσταις δικαίοις.
Ζημιοῦν
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- low
- Confidence note
- Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
- Lemma
- ζημιοῦν
- Transliteration
- zemioyn
- Morphology
- accusative singular pattern
- Gloss
- ...
- Part of Speech
- noun/adjective form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 1
ἄνδρα
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- ἀνήρ
- Transliteration
- andra
- Morphology
- noun, masculine accusative singular
- Gloss
- man, husband
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Man, male, husband.
- Occurrences
- 1573
δίκαιον
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- δίκαιος
- Transliteration
- dikaios
- Morphology
- adjective, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- righteous, just
- Part of Speech
- adjective
- Definition
- Righteous, just, upright.
- Occurrences
- 227
οὐ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- οὐ
- Transliteration
- ou
- Morphology
- negative particle
- Gloss
- not
- Part of Speech
- particle
- Definition
- Negative particle before rough breathing.
- Occurrences
- 5892
καλὸν
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- καλός
- Transliteration
- kalon
- Morphology
- adjective, accusative masculine singular or nominative/accusative neuter singular
- Gloss
- good, beautiful
- Part of Speech
- adjective
- Definition
- Good, beautiful, noble.
- Occurrences
- 62
οὐδὲ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- οὐδέ
- Transliteration
- oude
- Morphology
- negative conjunction/particle
- Gloss
- and not, neither, nor
- Part of Speech
- conjunction/particle
- Definition
- Elided form of negative coordinating conjunction/particle οὐδέ.
- Occurrences
- 530
ὅσιον
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium
- Confidence note
- Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
- Lemma
- ὅσιον
- Transliteration
- osion
- Morphology
- accusative masculine or nominative/accusative neuter singular pattern
- Gloss
- ...
- Part of Speech
- noun/adjective form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 6
ἐπιβουλεύειν
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- low
- Confidence note
- Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
- Lemma
- ἐπιβουλεύειν
- Transliteration
- epiboyleyein
- Morphology
- present/aorist active infinitive pattern
- Gloss
- to ...
- Part of Speech
- infinitive
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 1
δυνάσταις
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium
- Confidence note
- Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
- Lemma
- δυνάσταις
- Transliteration
- dynastais
- Morphology
- dative plural feminine pattern
- Gloss
- to/for ...
- Part of Speech
- noun/adjective form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 3
δικαίοις
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium
- Confidence note
- Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
- Lemma
- δικαίοις
- Transliteration
- dikaiois
- Morphology
- dative plural masculine/neuter pattern
- Gloss
- to/for ...
- Part of Speech
- noun/adjective form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 13
Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha
Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.
ܠܡܬܟ ܠܙܕܝܩܐ ܠܐ ܫܦܝܪ ܐܦ ܠܐ ܠܡܡܚܐ ܠܙܕܝܩ̈ܐ ܕܐܡܪ̈ܝܢ ܬܪ̈ܝܨܬܐ
ܠܡܬܟ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܠܡܬܟ
- Transliteration
- lmtk
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 1
ܠܙܕܝܩܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܠܙܕܝܩܐ
- Transliteration
- lzdyq'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 33
ܠܐ
- Confidence
- medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
- Lemma
- ܠܐ
- Transliteration
- la
- Morphology
- negative particle
- Gloss
- not
- Occurrences
- 2566
ܫܦܝܪ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܫܦܝܪ
- Transliteration
- shpyr
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 79
ܐܦ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܐܦ
- Transliteration
- 'p
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 586
ܠܐ
- Confidence
- medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
- Lemma
- ܠܐ
- Transliteration
- la
- Morphology
- negative particle
- Gloss
- not
- Occurrences
- 2566
ܠܡܡܚܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܠܡܡܚܐ
- Transliteration
- lmmh'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 4
ܠܙܕܝܩ̈ܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܠܙܕܝܩܐ
- Transliteration
- lzdyq'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 33
ܕܐܡܪ̈ܝܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܐܡܪܝܢ
- Transliteration
- d'mryn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 34
ܬܪ̈ܝܨܬܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܬܪܝܨܬܐ
- Transliteration
- tryst'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 12
Coverage: Prophets, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Megillot, and Chronicles. Torah Onkelos excluded pending commercial-safe licensing.
Jewish Aramaic interpretive translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as a one-for-one original-language replacement.
לְמִתַּךְ לְצַדִיקָא לָא שַׁפֵּיר אַף לָא לְמִמְחֵי צַדִיקַיָא דְאָמְרִין תְּרִיצוּתָא׃
לְמִתַּךְ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מתך
- Transliteration
- lmtk
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 7
לְצַדִיקָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- צדיקא
- Transliteration
- ltsdyq'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 74
לָא
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- לא
- Transliteration
- l'
- Morphology
- negative particle
- Gloss
- not
- Occurrences
- 2611
שַׁפֵּיר
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שפיר
- Transliteration
- shpyr
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 51
אַף
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אף
- Transliteration
- 'p
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 354
לָא
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- לא
- Transliteration
- l'
- Morphology
- negative particle
- Gloss
- not
- Occurrences
- 2611
לְמִמְחֵי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ממחי
- Transliteration
- lmmchy
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 8
צַדִיקַיָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- צדיקיא
- Transliteration
- tsdyqy'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 212
דְאָמְרִין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אמרין
- Transliteration
- d'mryn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 157
תְּרִיצוּתָא׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תריצותא
- Transliteration
- trytswt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 17
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Non est bonum damnum inferre justo, nec percutere principem qui recta judicat.
non
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- non
- Transliteration
- non
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 7320
est
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- est
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
bonum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- bonum
- Transliteration
- bonum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 61
damnum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- damnum
- Transliteration
- damnum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 15
inferre
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- infero
- Transliteration
- inferre
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 99
iusto
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- iustum
- Transliteration
- iusto
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 2
nec
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- nec
- Transliteration
- nec
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 750
percutere
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- percutio
- Transliteration
- percutere
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 576
principem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- princeps
- Transliteration
- principem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 830
qui
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- qui
- Transliteration
- qui
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 15011
recta
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- rectus
- Transliteration
- recta
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 112
iudicat
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- iudico
- Transliteration
- iudicat
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 351
Ranked cross references
Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.
Proverbs 17:15
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
8 relevance votesProverbs 18:5
To respect the person of the wicked is not good, Nor to turn aside the righteous in judgment.
7 relevance votesJohn 18:22
And when he had said this, one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?
5 relevance votesMicah 5:1
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.
3 relevance votesGenesis 18:25
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?
3 relevance votes2 Samuel 3:39
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.
3 relevance votes2 Samuel 19:7
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.
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