Proverbs 17:12

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

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

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

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

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a 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.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

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

Darby Translation ☆

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

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

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

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

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

Noyes Bible ☆

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

Leeser Tanakh ☆

A man may meet a she-bear robbed of her whelps, but not a fool in his folly.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, 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.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

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

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

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

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

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

Majority Standard BIble ☆

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

Webster Bible ☆

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

Revised Version ☆

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

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

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

World English Bible ☆

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

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

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

World English Bible British Edition ☆

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

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

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

World English Bible Classic ☆

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

World English Bible Updated ☆

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

World Messianic Bible ☆

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

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

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

Young's Literal Translation ☆

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

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

Let an ish meet a dov robbed of her cubs rather than a kesil in his folly.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

لِيُصَادِفِ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ دُبَّةٌ ثَكُولٌ وَلَا جَاهِلٌ فِي حَمَاقَتِهِ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

မိုက်သောစိတ်ထဆဲရှိသော လူမိုက်နှင့်မတွေ့ပါ စေနှင့်။ သားငယ်ပျောက်သော ဝံမနှင့်သာ၍ တွေ့ပါစေ သော။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

မိုက် သောစိတ်ထဆဲရှိသော လူမိုက် နှင့်မ တွေ့ ပါစေနှင့်။ သား ငယ်ပျောက်သော ဝံ မနှင့်သာ၍တွေ့ပါစေသော။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Palungkraeng kamthu khaeah caeh moe, raihaih tong pongah loe, taqom caa lomh pae to hoih kue.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Hlang kah a dueidah a laemhong sak vom neh ka hum uh palueng eh, aka ang kah a anglat nen tah ka hum uh boel eh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Hlang kah a dueidah a laemhong sak vom neh ka hum uh palueng eh, aka ang kah a anglat nen tah ka hum uh boel eh.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

宁可遇见丢崽子的母熊， 不可遇见正行愚妄的愚昧人。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

寧可遇見丟崽子的母熊， 不可遇見正行愚妄的愚昧人。

World Chinese Bible ☆

宁可让人遇见被夺去幼崽的母熊， 也不要遇见正在愚妄中的愚昧人。

Croatian Bible ☆

Bolje je nabasati na medvjedicu kojoj ugrabiše mlade nego na bezumnika u njegovoj ludosti.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Lépe člověku potkati se s nedvědicí osiřalou, nežli s bláznem v bláznovství jeho.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Man kan møde en Bjørn, hvis Unger er taget, men ikke en Tåbe udi hans Dårskab.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Dat een beer, die van jongen beroofd is, een man tegemoet kome, maar niet een zot in zijn dwaasheid.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Beter een berin te ontmoeten, van haar jongen beroofd, Dan een dwaas in zijn dwaasheid.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Pli bone estas renkonti ursinon, al kiu estas rabitaj ĝiaj infanoj, Ol malsaĝulon kun lia malsaĝeco.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Qu’un homme rencontre une ourse privée de ses petits, plutôt qu’un sot dans sa folie !

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Mieux vaut rencontrer une ourse qui a perdu ses petits, qu'un fou dans sa folie.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Rencontre une ourse privée de ses petits, Plutôt qu’un insensé pendant sa folie.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Mieux vaut rencontrer une ourse privée de ses petits qu'un insensé dans sa folie.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Eine Bärin, die der Jungen beraubt ist, begegne einem Manne, aber nicht ein Tor in seiner Narrheit!

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Es ist besser, einem Bären begegnen, dem die Jungen geraubt sind, denn einem Narren in seiner Narrheit.

German Textbibel ☆

Lieber einer Bärin begegnen, der die Jungen geraubt sind, als einem Thoren in seiner Narrheit!

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Besser, es treffe jemand eine Bärin an, die ihrer Jungen beraubt ist, als einen Narren in seiner Torheit!

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ἐμπεσεῖται μέριμνα ἀνδρὶ νοήμονι, οἱ δὲ ἄφρονες διαλογιοῦνται κακά.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Ἐμπεσεῖται μέριμνα ἀνδρὶ νοήμονι, οἱ δὲ ἄφρονες διαλογιοῦνται κακά.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Pito ou kontre ak yon manman lous k'ap chache pitit li pase pou ou tonbe sou yon moun fou foli moute.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

E aho ke halawai ka bea keiki make me ke kanaka, Aole ka mea naaupo iloko o kona lapuwale.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

פָּגֹ֬ושׁ דֹּ֣ב שַׁכּ֣וּל בְּאִ֑ישׁ וְאַל־כְּ֝סִ֗יל בְּאִוַּלְתֹּֽו׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

פגוש דב שכול באיש ואל כסיל באולתו׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Scontrisi pure in un uomo un'orsa, a cui sieno stati tolti i suoi figli, Anzi che un pazzo nella sua pazzia.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Meglio imbattersi in un’orsa derubata dei suoi piccini, che in un insensato nella sua follia.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

子を奪われた雌熊に出会うほうが、 愚かさにふける愚かな者に出会うより良い。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

차라리 새끼 빼앗긴 암콤을 만날지언정 미련한 일을 행하는 미련한 자를 만나지 말 것이니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Kom fin osun nu sin soko bear ma pisrapasrla natu natul, ac srik sensen lom liki kom fin osun nu sin sie mwet lalfon kafofo ke orekma lusrongten lal.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Expedit magis ursæ occurrere raptis fœtibus, quam fatuo confidenti in stultitia sua.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

اگر خرسی که بچه هایش کشته شود به انسان برخورد، بهتر است از مرد احمق در حماقت خود.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Melhor é encontrar uma ursa roubada dos seus filhotes, do que um tolo na sua estultícia.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

É melhor ao homem encontrar uma ursa roubada de seus filhotes ,do que um tolo em sua loucura.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Mai bine să întâlnească un om o ursoaică jefuită de puii ei, decât un prost în nechibzuința lui.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Май бине сэ ынтылнешть о урсоайкэ жефуитэ де пуий ей декыт ун небун ын тимпул небунией луй.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Лучше встретить человеку медведицу, лишенную детей, нежели глупца с его глупостью.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Bolje je da čoveka srete medvedica kojoj su oteti medvedići, nego bezumnik u svom bezumlju.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Боље је да човека срете медведица којој су отети медведићи, него безумник у свом безумљу.

Mashi Bible ☆

Aha omuntu ankashigâna omusirhe ogurusire. ankabugâna mpunga banyazire abâna.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Mejor es se encuentre un hombre con una osa á la cual han robado sus cachorros, que con un fatuo en su necedad.

Spanish BLL ☆

Es mejor encontrarse con una osa a la que le quitaron sus crías, que con un necio empeñado en su locura.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Mejor es encontrarse con una osa privada de sus cachorros, que con un necio en su fatuidad.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Es mejor encontrarse cara a cara con un oso al que se han llevado sus crías que con un hombre necio que actúa tontamente.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Mejor es encontrarse con una osa despojada de sus crías, Que con un necio empeñado en su insensatez.

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Revised West Version ☆

‌ʻOku lelei hake ke fakafetaulaki ha tangata mo ha pea kuo kaihaʻasi mei ai ʻa hono ʻuhiki, ʻi he fetaulaki mo ha vale ʻi heʻene vale.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Лучше стрітити ведмедицю, що їй дїтей взято, нїж дурного з його дурнотою.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Лучше стрітити ведмедицю, що їй дїтей взято, нїж дурного з його дурнотою.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Thà người ta gặp gấu cái bị cướp con, Hơn là gặp kẻ ngây dại theo điên cuồng nó.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

פָּג֬וֹשׁ דֹּ֣ב שַׁכּ֣וּל בְּאִ֑ישׁ וְאַל־כְּ֝סִ֗יל בְּאִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃