Proverbs 17:12

Proverbs 17:12 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

12Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs

than a fool bent on folly.

12Let a person meet a bear robbed of her cubs,

Rather than a fool in his foolishness.

12Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubs,

Rather than a fool in his folly.

12Let a man meet a [ferocious] bear robbed of her cubs

Rather than the [angry, narcissistic] fool in his folly. [Hos 13:8]

12It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs

than a fool in his folly.

12It is better to meet a bear whose cubs have been stolen

than to meet a foolish person who is acting foolishly.