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Proverbs 17:12
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Holman Christian Standard Bible
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Better for a man to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his foolishness.
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English Standard Version
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Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs rather than a fool in his folly.
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King James Version
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Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
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The Message Bible
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Better to meet a grizzly robbed of her cubs than a fool hellbent on folly.
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New American Standard Bible
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Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubs, Rather than a fool in his folly.
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New International Version
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Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool bent on folly.
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New King James Version
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Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubs, Rather than a fool in his folly.
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New Living Translation
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It is safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than to confront a fool caught in foolishness.
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New Revised Standard
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Better to meet a she-bear robbed of its cubs than to confront a fool immersed in folly.
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American Standard Version
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Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.
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The Bible in Basic English
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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.
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Common English Bible
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Safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than fools in their folly.
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Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha
12
Safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than fools in their folly.
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The Complete Jewish Bible
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Rather meet a bear robbed of its cubs than encounter a fool in his folly.
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The Darby Translation
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Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man rather than a fool in his folly.
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Good News Translation
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It is better to meet a mother bear robbed of her cubs than to meet some fool busy with a stupid project.
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Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha
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It is better to meet a mother bear robbed of her cubs than to meet some fool busy with a stupid project.
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GOD'S WORD Translation
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Better to meet a bear robbed of its cubs than a fool [carried away] with his stupidity.
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Hebrew Names Version
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Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.
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Jubilee Bible 2000
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It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.
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King James Version w/ Apocrypha
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Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
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Lexham English Bible
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[May] a man meet a she-bear robbed of offspring and not a fool in his folly.
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Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha
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Care may befall a man of understanding; but fools will meditate evils.
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New Century Version
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It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than to meet a fool doing foolish things.
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New International Reader's Version
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It is better to meet a bear whose cubs have been stolen than to meet a foolish person who is acting foolishly.
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New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha
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Better to meet a she-bear robbed of its cubs than to confront a fool immersed in folly.
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Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible
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It is better to meet a bear robbed of her whelps, than a fool trusting in his own folly.
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Revised Standard Version
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Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs, rather than a fool in his folly.
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Revised Standard Version w/ Apocrypha
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Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs, rather than a fool in his folly.
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Third Millennium Bible
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Let a man meet a bear robbed of her whelps, rather than a fool in his folly.
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Third Millennium Bible w/ Apocrypha
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Let a man meet a bear robbed of her whelps, rather than a fool in his folly.
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The Latin Vulgate
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expedit magis ursae occurrere raptis fetibus quam fatuo confidenti sibi in stultitia sua
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The Latin Vulgate w/ Apocrypha
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expedit magis ursae occurrere raptis fetibus quam fatuo confidenti sibi in stultitia sua
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The Webster Bible
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Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
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World English Bible
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Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.
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Wycliffe
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It speedeth more to meet a female bear, when her whelps be ravished, than a fool trusting to himself in his folly. (It is better to meet a female bear after she hath been robbed of her whelps, than a fool trusting himself in his own foolishness.)
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Young's Literal Translation
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The meeting of a bereaved bear by a man, And -- not a fool in his folly.
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