New International Version
If imposing a fine on the innocent is not good, surely to flog honest officials is not right.

New Living Translation
It is wrong to punish the godly for being good or to flog leaders for being honest.

English Standard Version
To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.

Berean Study Bible
It is surely not good to punish the innocent or to flog a noble for his honesty.

New American Standard Bible
It is also not good to fine the righteous, Nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.

NASB 1995
It is also not good to fine the righteous, Nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.

NASB 1977
It is also not good to fine the righteous, Nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.

Amplified Bible
It is also not good to fine the righteous, Nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.

Christian Standard Bible
It is certainly not good to fine an innocent person or to beat a noble for his honesty.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
It is certainly not good to fine an innocent person or to beat a noble for his honesty.

Contemporary English Version
It isn't fair to punish the innocent and those who do right.

Good News Translation
It is not right to make an innocent person pay a fine; justice is perverted when good people are punished.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
To punish an innocent person is not good. To strike down noble people is not right.

International Standard Version
Furthermore, it isn't good to fine the righteous, or to beat an official because of his uprightness.

NET Bible
It is terrible to punish a righteous person, and to flog honorable men is wrong.