Proverbs 17:12

NIV: Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool bent on folly.

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

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

GWT: Better to meet a bear robbed of its cubs than a fool [carried away] with his stupidity.

ASV: Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, Rather than 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.

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

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

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

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