Parallel PRO 17:12

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BSB  ⇔ It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
⇔ than a fool in his folly.

OEB Meet a bear robbed of her whelps
⇔ rather than a fool in his folly.

WEB Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man,
⇔ rather than a fool in his folly.

NET It is better for a person to meet a mother bear being robbed of her cubs,
 ⇔ than to encounter a fool in his folly.

LSV The meeting of a bereaved bear by a man,
And—not a fool in his folly.

FBV Better to meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs than a stupid person and their foolishness.

T4T  ⇔ A mother bear whose cubs have been taken away from her is dangerous,
⇔ but it is more dangerous to confront a foolish person who is doing something foolish.

LEB  • May a man meet a she-bear robbed of offspring and not a fool in his folly.

BBE 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.

MOF No MOF PRO book available

JPS Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

ASV Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man,
 ⇔ Rather than a fool in his folly.

DRA It is better to meet a bear robbed of her whelps, than a fool trusting in his own folly.

YLT The meeting of a bereaved bear by a man, And — not a fool in his folly.

DBY Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man rather than a fool in his folly.

RV Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

WBS Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

KJB Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

BB It were better to meete a shee beare robbed of her whelpes, then a foole trusting in his foolishnesse.
  (It were better to meet a she bear robbed of her whelpes, then a foole trusting in his foolishness.)

GNV It is better for a man to meete a beare robbed of her whelpes, then a foole in his follie.
  (It is better for a man to meet a bear robbed of her whelpes, then a foole in his follie. )

CB It were better to come agaynst a she Bere robbed of hir whelpes, then agaynst a foole in his foolishnes.
  (It were better to come against a she Bere robbed of her whelpes, then against a foole in his foolishnes.)

WYC It spedith more to meete a femal bere, whanne the whelpis ben rauyschid, than a fool tristynge to hym silf in his foli.
  (It spedith more to meet a femal bere, when the whelpis been rauyschid, than a fool tristynge to himself in his foli.)

LUT Es ist besser, einem Bären begegnen, dem die Jungen geraubet sind, denn einem Narren in seiner Narrheit.
  (It is besser, one Bären begegnen, to_him the Yungen geraubet are, because one Narren in his Narrheit.)

CLV Expedit magis ursæ occurrere raptis fœtibus, quam fatuo confidenti in stultitia sua.[fn]
  (Expedit magis ursæ occurrere raptis fœtibus, how fatuo confidenti in stultitia sua.)

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BRN Care may befall a man of understanding; but fools will meditate evils.

BrLXX Ἐμπεσεῖται μέριμνα ἀνδρὶ νοήμονι, οἱ δὲ ἄφρονες διαλογιοῦνται κακά.
  (Empeseitai merimna andri noaʸmoni, hoi de afrones dialogiountai kaka. )