Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Let a bereaved bear encounter man, rather than a dullard, with his folly!
New American Standard Bible
Rather than a fool in his folly.
King James Version
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
Holman Bible
than a fool in his foolishness.
International Standard Version
It's better to meet a mother bear who has lost her cubs than a fool in his stupidity.
A Conservative Version
Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubs, rather than a fool in his folly.
American Standard Version
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.
Amplified
Let a man meet a [ferocious] bear robbed of her cubs
Rather than the [angry, narcissistic] fool in his folly.
Bible in Basic English
It is better to come face to face with a bear whose young ones have been taken away than with a foolish man acting foolishly.
Darby Translation
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man rather than a fool in his folly.
Julia Smith Translation
A bereaved bear meeting with a, man, and not a fool in his folly.
King James 2000
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[May] a man meet a she-bear robbed of offspring and not a fool in his folly.
Modern King James verseion
Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
It were better to come against a she Bear robbed of her whelps, than against a fool in his foolishness.
NET Bible
It is better for a person to meet a mother bear being robbed of her cubs, than to encounter a fool in his folly.
New Heart English Bible
Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
Webster
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
World English Bible
Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
Youngs Literal Translation
The meeting of a bereaved bear by a man, And -- not a fool in his folly.
Themes
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 17:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
11 Nothing less than rebellion, doth a wicked man seek, and, a relentless messenger, shall be sent out against him. 12 Let a bereaved bear encounter man, rather than a dullard, with his folly! 13 He that returneth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:8
And Hushai said - Thou, knowest thy father and his men - that, men of might, they are, and, embittered in soul, they are, like a bear bereaved of her young, in the field, - thy father also, is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
Hosea 13:8
I will fall upon them as a bear bereaved, and will read asunder the enclosure of their heart, - that I may devour them there, like a lioness, the wild beast of the field, shall tear them in pieces.
Proverbs 27:3
Heavy is a stone, and weighty is sand, - but, the vexation of a fool, is heavier than both.
2 Kings 2:24
And, when he turned round and saw them, he cursed them, in the name of Yahweh, - and there came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and tare, of them, forty-two youths.
Proverbs 28:15
A growling lion, and a ranging bear, is a lawless ruler, over a poor people.
Matthew 2:16
Then Herod, seeing that he had been mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly enraged, - and sent and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all its bounds, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had ascertained from the wise men.