Proverbs 17:12 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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

English ASV

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

English Amplified

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.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

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.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Better for a person to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his foolishness.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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

English EASY 2024

Do not go near a fool who is doing stupid things. It would be safer to meet a mother bear who has lost her babies.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool who is busy doing foolish things.

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

English GNT (Good News Translation)

It is better to meet a mother bear robbed of her cubs than to meet some fool busy with a stupid project.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Better to meet a bear robbed of its cubs than a fool {carried away} with his stupidity.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Better for a man to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his foolishness.

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

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

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

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

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Face a bear robbed of her cubs, but never a fool in his folly!

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

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

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

It is better to meet a bear whose cubs have been stolen than to meet a foolish person who is acting foolishly.

English NIV

Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.

English NKJ 1982

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

English NLT

It is safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than to confront a fool caught in folly.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Better to meet a she-bear robbed of its cubs than to confront a fool immersed in folly.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

It’s safer to meet a grizzly bear robbed of her cubs than to confront a reckless fool.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

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

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

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

English Tyndale 1537

It were better to come against a she Bear robbed of her whelps, than against a fool in his foolishness.

Proverbs 17:12 — Compare Translations