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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
פגוש דב שכול באיש ואל-כסיל באולתו
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
pgvSH db SHkvl bAySH vAl-ksyl bAvltv

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
expedit magis ursae occurrere raptis fetibus quam fatuo confidenti sibi in stultitia sua

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
Authorized (King James) Version   
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
New King James Version   
Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubs, Rather than a fool in his folly.
21st Century King James Version   
Let a man meet a bear robbed of her whelps, rather than a fool in his folly.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Anxiety and fear fall to a wise man, and to a fool in his insanity.
Darby Bible Translation   
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man rather than a fool in his folly.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
It is better to meet a bear robbed of her whelps, than a fool trusting in his own folly.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs rather than a fool in his folly.
God's Word   
Better to meet a bear robbed of its cubs than a fool [carried away] with his stupidity.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Better for a man to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his foolishness.
International Standard Version   
It's better to meet a mother bear who has lost her cubs than a fool in his stupidity.
NET Bible   
It is better for a person to meet a mother bear being robbed of her cubs, than to encounter a fool in his folly.
New American Standard Bible   
Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubs, Rather than a fool in his folly.
New International Version   
Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool bent on folly.
New Living Translation   
It is safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than to confront a fool caught in foolishness.
Webster's Bible Translation   
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
The World English Bible   
Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
EasyEnglish Bible   
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.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
The meeting of a bereaved bear by a man, And -- not a fool in his folly.
New Life Version   
A man meeting a bear robbed of her little ones is better than meeting a fool in his foolish way.
The Voice Bible   
Better to face a mother bear stripped of her cubs than to encounter a fool caught up in his foolishness.
Living Bible   
It is safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool caught in his folly.
New Catholic Bible   
It is better to come upon a bear robbed of her cubs rather than confronting a fool in his folly.
Legacy Standard Bible   
Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubs, Rather than a fool in his folly.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.
Christian Standard Bible   
Better for a person to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his foolishness.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
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].
New Century Version   
It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than to meet a fool doing foolish things.
The Message   
Better to meet a grizzly robbed of her cubs than a fool hellbent on folly.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than to meet a fool in his stupidity.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Better to meet a she-bear robbed of its cubs than to confront a fool immersed in folly.
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.
Wycliffe Bible   
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.)
Contemporary English Version   
A bear robbed of her cubs is far less dangerous than a stubborn fool.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs, rather than a fool in his folly.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Better to meet a she-bear robbed of its cubs than to confront a fool immersed in folly.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Better to meet a she-bear robbed of its cubs than to confront a fool immersed in folly.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than fools in their folly.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Let a man meet a [ferocious] bear robbed of her cubs Rather than the [angry, narcissistic] fool in his folly.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs rather than a fool in his folly.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Face a bear robbed of her cubs, but never fools in their folly!
New American Standard Bible   
Let a person meet a bear robbed of her cubs, Rather than a fool in his foolishness.
The Expanded Bible   
It is ·better [safer] to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than to meet a fool doing foolish things.
Tree of Life Version   
Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than to deal with a fool in his folly.
Revised Standard Version   
Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs, rather than a fool in his folly.
New International Reader's Version   
It is better to meet a bear whose cubs have been stolen than to meet a foolish person who is acting foolishly.
BRG Bible   
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
Complete Jewish Bible   
Rather meet a bear robbed of its cubs than encounter a fool in his folly.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Better to meet a she-bear robbed of its cubs than to confront a fool immersed in folly.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Let an ish meet a dov robbed of her cubs rather than a kesil in his folly.
Names of God Bible   
Better to meet a bear robbed of its cubs than a fool carried away with his stupidity.
Modern English Version   
Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubs rather than a fool in his folly.
Easy-to-Read Version   
It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool who is busy doing foolish things.
International Children’s Bible   
It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than to meet a foolish person doing foolish things.
Lexham English Bible   
May a man meet a she-bear robbed of offspring and not a fool in his folly.
New International Version - UK   
Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool bent on folly.