Proverbs 17:12 - American Standard Version (1901)

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Let [the brute ferocity of] a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man rather than a [self-confident] fool in his folly [when he is in a rage]. [Hos. 13:8.]

Common English Bible

Safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than fools in their folly.

Catholic Public Domain Version

It is more expedient to meet a bear robbed of her young, than the foolish trusting in his own folly.