Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

A bereaved bear meeting with a, man, and not a fool in his folly.

New American Standard Bible

Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubs,
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

Better for a man to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
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.

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.

The Emphasized Bible

Let a bereaved bear encounter man, rather than a dullard, with 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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Let a bear
דּוב דּב 
Dob 
Usage: 12

שׁכּל שׁכּוּל 
Shakkuwl 
Usage: 7

פּגשׁ 
Pagash 
Usage: 14

a man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

אל 
'al 
Usage: 727

a fool
כּסיל 
K@ciyl 
Usage: 70

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Watsons

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

11 An evil one will seek only contradiction.: and a cruel messenger shall be sent against him. 12 A bereaved bear meeting with a, man, and not a fool in his folly. 13 He turning back evil, instead of good, evil shall not move from his house.



Cross References

2 Samuel 17:8

And Hushai will say, Thou knewest thy father and his men that they are mighty, and they bitter of soul as a bear bereaved of offspring in the field: and thy father a man of war, and he will not lodge with the people.

Hosea 13:8

I will fall upon them as a bear bereaved, and I will rend the enclosure of their heart, and devour them there as a lion: the beast of the field shall cleave them asunder.

Proverbs 27:3

A stone is heavy and sand a burden, and the wrath of the foolish one heavy more than they two.

2 Kings 2:24

And he will turn behind him and see them, and he will curse them in the name of Jehovah. And, two she-bears will come forth from the forest and will rend of them forty and two children.

Proverbs 28:15

A roaring lion and a greedy bear the unjust one ruling over a poor people.

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, seeing he was deluded by the magi, was very angry, and having sent, destroyed all the children which in Bethlehem, and in all its bounds, from two years and under, according to the time he examined thoroughly of the magi.

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