Verse List for PROV 17:12

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B I ◄ ← Prov 17:12 ↓ → ► ═ ©

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OET (OET-RV) It’s better to meet a mother bear robbed of its cubs, ⇔ → than to meet a fool displaying their foolishness.

OET-LV Let _it _meet a _bear robbed _of _cubs (in)_a_person and_not a _fool in_foolishness _of_his.

ULT Let a female bear robbed of offspring meet a man ⇔ and not a stupid one in his folly!

UST A mother bear who is furious because someone has stolen her cubs is dangerous, ⇔  but it can be more dangerous to confront a foolish person who is doing something foolish.

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

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB 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.

Moff Better meet a bear robbed of her whelps ⇔  than a fool in his folly.

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.

Drby 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.
(Let a bear robbed of her whelps/pups_or_cubs meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.)

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

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

KJB-1769 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
(Let a bear robbed of her whelps/pups_or_cubs meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.)

KJB-1611 Let a beare robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather then a foole in his folly.
(Let a bear robbed of her whelps/pups_or_cubs meet a man, rather then a fool in his folly.)

Bshps 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 whelps/pups_or_cubs, then a fool trusting in his foolishness.)

Gnva 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 whelps/pups_or_cubs, then a fool in his folly.)

Cvdl 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 whelps/pups_or_cubs, then against a fool in his foolishness.)

Wycl It spedith more to meete a femal bere, whanne the whelpis ben rauyschid, than a fool tristynge to hym silf in his foli.
(It benefits more to meet a female bear, when the whelps/pups_or_cubs been rauyschid, than a fool tristing to himself in his folly.)

Luth Es ist besser, einem Bären begegnen, dem die Jungen geraubet sind, denn einem Narren in seiner Narrheit.
(It is better, on bears meet/encounter, to_him the boys stolen are, because/than on fool(n) in his folly.)

ClVg Expedit magis ursæ occurrere raptis fœtibus, quam fatuo confidenti in stultitia sua.[fn]
(Expedit more ursæ occurrere raptis fœtibus, how fatuo confidenti in/into/on foolishness his_own.)

UHB פָּג֬וֹשׁ דֹּ֣ב שַׁכּ֣וּל בְּ⁠אִ֑ישׁ וְ⁠אַל־כְּ֝סִ֗יל בְּ⁠אִוַּלְתּֽ⁠וֹ׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἐμπεσεῖται μέριμνα ἀνδρὶ νοήμονι, οἱ δὲ ἄφρονες διαλογιοῦνται κακά.

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